Singapore Airlines has extended its TotalCare service agreement with Rolls-Royce for Trent 800 engines that power its Boeing 777 aircraft. TotalCare enables the business models of the aircraft owner and Rolls-Royce to be fully aligned to improve engine reliability, increase time on wing, and maximise the engine services contribution to customer business performance.
Rolls-Royce has launched a new engine service, SelectCare, continuing its reputation for service innovation and expanding the customers’ choice of competitive, capable and flexible services across the engine lifecycle. SelectCare fits between Rolls-Royce’s fully comprehensive TotalCare service, which maximises engine time on wing in addition to giving long-term cost certainty on a dollar-per-flying-hour basis, and
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services company has received an update of EASA PART-145 certificate. Certificate has authorized the company to extend the scope of work on Boeing B777-200 / 777-200LR / 777-300 / 777-300ER / 777F with Trent 800 and GE90 engines. EASA Part-145 certificate was given to LOTAMS by the Civil Aviation Office of Poland.
Aircraft Propeller Service, recently developed an innovative brush-plating repair solution for a damaged, Cad-plated steel torque plate on propeller hubs. The repair not only saves the part from being scrapped, but it also represents a viable solution for damaged Cad-plated steel plates that can now be repaired at one-third the previous costs. According to APS
A year after its official inauguration, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s new plant in Sendayan, Malaysia delivered its first heat sink to AirAsia, for use on the Airbus A320. The heat sink is a stack of carbon disks comprising the airplane’s brake. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty chose Malaysia to set up its new carbon disk production and refurbishment plant in this region,
Alcoa, a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, has signed a long-term contract with GE Aviation for jet engine components in an agreement valued at more than US$1.5bn over the contract life. Under the deal, Alcoa will supply advanced nickel-based superalloy, titanium and aluminum components for a broad range of GE Aviation
Liebherr-Aerospace has recently signed a letter of intent with the Chinese manufacturer Hafei-Harbin (AVIC Group) in Harbin to equip the helicopters AC312C and AC312E with air management systems. Liebherr-Aerospace will supply the air management systems for the versions C and E of the modernized helicopter AC312 program. The systems will be designed, manufactured and serviced
Lufthansa Technik’s Completion Center has finished the VVIP cabin conversion of the second Boeing 747-8 in Hamburg. The aircraft has now been delivered to an undisclosed customer. Another aircraft of this type is currently undergoing completion. Lufthansa Technik AG has at times equipped three 747-8 in parallel.
Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completions, and refurbishment company has successfully secured a Supplemental Type Certificate for ADS-B OUT for Bombardier Challenger 300 airframes, from the US-based FAA. The first Bombardier Challenger 300 was out fitted with the soon-to-be mandatory tracking system in November 2015, at its St. Louis facility. The STC will
French MRO provider, Sabena technics, has welcomed its first Boeing 777 for airframe modifications since obtaining its rating approval. According to the agreement, Sabena technics will perform cabin & systems modifications on two Boeing 777 aircraft from Air France in their dedicated maintenance facilities in Bordeaux (France). Modifications will include the integration of the latest
