The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Type Validation to Bombardier’s CS300 aircraft. The validation is a requirement for the aircraft’s operation in Europe and a precursor to first delivery to CS300 launch operator, airBaltic of Latvia. Bombardier’s first CS300 aircraft delivery to airBaltic is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2016. EASA’s validation
Liebherr LAMC Aviation (Changsha), the joint venture between the Chinese company LAMC (AVIC Landing Gear Advanced Manufacturing) and German-based Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg, celebrated the delivery of its first ARJ21 main landing gear assembled in China to aircraft manufacturer COMAC. The ARJ21 main landing gear assembly line at Liebherr LAMC Aviation (Changsha) was established by Liebherr by
HAECO Americas, a subsidiary of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, reported that it will be exiting its line maintenance services segment in the USA to focus resources on its principal businesses: MRO Services and Cabin Solutions. The Company expects to systematically end operations at most locations by the end of
AAR has signed a five-year agreement to provide power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services to South African Airways Technical (SAAT). The contract is valued up to US$125m. AAR has teamed with local joint venture partner, JM Aviation South Africa, to support South African Airways’ (SAA) fleet with nose-to-tail component and repair management. JM
Cathay Pacific Airways has signed long term maintenance agreements with Revima for the support of landing gears installed on the airline’s Boeing 777-300 aircraft and on Airbus A320/321 aircraft operated by its subsidiary Dragonair which will soon be rebranded as Cathay Dragon. Through these multi-year agreements, Revima will provide repair and maintenance services of landing
Lufthansa Technik AG and the Iceland-based low-cost airline WOW air have signed a comprehensive three-year component support agreement for the carrier’s new fleet of three Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract period commenced on 1 August 2016. The Total Component Support TCS contract covers the overhaul of line replaceable units (LRU), pooling and home
Wizz Air is extending its successful partnership with Lufthansa Technik and expanding it with additional services. The ultra-low-cost airline has extended two existing contracts for technical support of its Airbus A320 family and its future A321neo fleet by Lufthansa Technik. Apart from the integrated component supply as part of Total Component Support TCS, the agreement
With the PurePower Geared Turbofan™ engine (GTF), MTU Aero Engines is collaborating with Pratt & Whitney on assembling the aircraft engine of the future. The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine family reduces fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 16% and cuts noise footprint levels by 75 percent. MTU not only contributes innovative turbine and compressor
GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES) reported the successful correlation of the company’s test cell for testing of CFM56-7B engine model types. The full service engine overhaul and repair station has completed test cell correlation per plan and only a few months after inducting the first CFM56-7B into the shop. “The recent correlation of our test
Infinity Aircraft Services, an FAA 145 Repair Station, announced the launch of Prestige Interiors, an aircraft completions company offering interior soft and hard good refurbishment or a complete replacement retrofit. Prestige Interiors is housed in a new, state-of-the art, 16,000 ft² facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
