Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services signed a maintenance agreement with Thomas Cook Airlines for Boeing 767 fleet maintenance. With this contract, Boeing Shanghai has expanded its airplane maintenance services to the United Kingdom. The first Thomas Cook 767 was inducted for C-check in October, followed by one airplane in November and one in 2016 at Boeing
Assembly of the main airframe sections of the first A350 XWB for China Airlines is advancing at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This involves the assembly of the wing-fuselage junction, the installation of the tailplane and also the tailcone. The aircraft will then be moved to the next assembly station for structural
Nova-Tech Engineering, a leader in the design and manufacture of aerospace tooling and automation, has received an order from Airbus to provide a fourth production line for the final assembly of A320 family of aircraft to its Hamburg, Germany plant. Nova-Tech is responsible for providing all components of the new production line, including the equipment
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract with an aviation fund for an 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, built in 1992 (MSN 26071) is a high gross weight B737-400 and is being converted by Commercial Jet in Miami, Florida. The conversion commenced modification on January 11th and will be re-delivered to the
Following a comprehensive, three year, design and certification programme with Airbus, GKN Aerospace has qualified a new, 10% lighter, higher performance, main pilot (No 1) windshield for Airbus single aisle aircraft family (A318/A319/A320/A321). GKN Aerospace has achieved this 10% weight saving by manufacturing the window from chemically-toughened CE120 glass, replacing the heavier, thermally-toughened glass of
Rolls-Royce has announced plans to invest more than £30m at its site in Washington, Tyne & Wear, UK, creating a new facility to manufacture a range of aerospace discs for in-service engines. The new Fleet Support plant is expected to be fully operational in 2018 and will sit alongside its UK discs manufacturing facility, which
Aircraft Propeller Service ,one of the leading commercial propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), continues its global expansion. The company announced the opening of its new facility in Atibaia, Brazil, located approximately 90 kilometers from São Paulo’s international airport and less than 60 kilometers from Viracopos, a major hub for the region’s largest ATR operator, Azul.
Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, has announced a 3-year extension of its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) agreement with Joramco under which Joramco will provide Gulf Air with Heavy Maintenance checks for its current fleet of 28 aircraft – A330s, A320-ERs, A320s and A321s. The agreement, originally signed in January 2013, has
XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) launched a formal stock offering and is accepting investments to support development of the revolutionary new TriFan 600 aircraft. The 30-day opportunity to invest is not only open to those who have expressed interest in investing in the company, but to all investors around the globe. The announcement immediately followed the
Boeing announced it will lower the production rate on the 747-8 program to match supply with near-term demand in the cargo market. To account for the market and production impacts, the company will recognize a US$569m after-tax charge when it announces financial results for the fourth quarter of 2015. “Global air passenger traffic growth and
