The Hungarian airline Wizz Air has contracted Lufthansa Technik Budapest (LTB) to provide line maintenance services for its fleet at the Budapest and Debrecen locations. The agreement comes into force in February 2016 and includes Wizz Air’s eight Airbus A320 aircraft stationed in Budapest. Lufthansa Technik Budapest will carry out the maintenance at the two
INAIRVATION has selected three partners to install its pre-engineered integrated cabin retrofit solutions on Bombardier Global Express/5000/6000 aircraft. Flying Colours Corp., Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), and RUAG Aviation will offer the interior packages to the worldwide market. INAIRVATION GmbH – a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and F/LIST – was created to design, develop,
Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has been selected by Cessna Aircraft Company to provide the brake control system and the landing gear position sensing system for the new Cessna Citation Longitude business jet. The Brake Control System for the Citation Longitude will be the first Brake-By-Wire system for a Cessna business
Jet Aviation Basel has signed an agreement to perform the first installation of a Ka-Band satellite communications system (SCS) on a Boeing B747-400 aircraft. The company will install Honeywell’s JetWave fuselage-mounted antenna (MCS-8200) to support the Ka-Band satellite communications (Satcom) system. Ka-Band connectivity enables one of the highest data transfer speeds available in the industry
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has received Parts Manufacturer Approval for its new-design glass-faced acrylic windshields for Hawker 800 series business jets, including the Hawker 750, 800, 800XP, 800 (U-125A), 850XP, 900XP and 1000 aircraft. According to Mark Hood, PPG Aerospace global director for general aviation transparencies, the glass-faced acrylic windshields offer superior scratch, abrasion
Spanish charter airline Air Europa has chosen liTeMood for retrofitting its fleet of 737-800 aircraft. Installation of Air Europa’s liTeMood systems took place in October and November, and although this will be the first time the airline has installed STG Aerospace’s LED lighting, many of its aircraft are already fitted with the company saf-Tglo photoluminescent
Magnetic MRO, Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organization, received Repair Station certificate from US Federal Aviation Administration, covering full scope of Magnetic MRO activities. The company has become the first FAA certified Repair Station in the Baltic States, marking an important milestone in the development of the MRO industry in the region. The received certificate enables
The proven PERT thrust reverser from Aircelle (Safran) has been selected by Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation, a Textron company, to equip the new Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet. Aircelle will have a direct supplier role to the U.S. aircraft manufacturer for these thrust reversers, which are to equip the Longitude’s two
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has won a two-year extension to its long-running Rate-Per-Flying-Hour (RPFH) spares support contract with leading Nepalese regional operator, Yeti Airlines. The MACRO contract (Material and Components Repair and Overhaul) covers the airline’s fleet of seven BAE Systems-built 29-seat Jetstream 41 turboprop airliners and covers some 240 separate part numbers. Under the
The Peterborough headquarters of MRO and completions specialist, Flying Colours Corp., reported that Bombardier Business Aircraft has awarded the Peterborough facility heavy Authorized Service Facility (ASF) status to work on Global 5000 and Global 6000 business aircraft. Flying Colours Copr. also confirmed that Bombardier has renewed its existing ASF status for a further five years
