To match ongoing high demand for its bestselling A320 Family, Airbus has taken the decision to further increase the production rate of the Single Aisle Family to 60 aircraft a month in mid-2019. The decision follows thorough studies on production ramp-up readiness in the supply chain and in Airbus sites to allow the ramp-up. To
Beijing General Aviation officially started the construction of the aircraft production facility for Beijing Navigation Changzhou Aircraft Industry (BNCAG) in Changzhou National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone’s Aviation Industrial Park on October 28th, 2015. Once the new facility starts operation, it is scheduled to produce 70 P750 planes annually and serve as BGAC’s manufacturing and maintenance
Aircraft Propeller Service (APS), one of the oldest, leading commercial propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), reported that APS’ new, state-of-the-art Lake Zurich, Illinois facility is up and running and ready to leverage its role as the license holder for repair and maintenance of propeller systems in IATA 1 and IATA 3. The company is the
Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, reported its completion of a modification and upgrade for the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department’s (SBCSD) Bell 212 aircraft. Modifications to this aircraft included avionics, airframe, and tailboom structural modifications required for the installation of a new Pratt & Whitney Canada
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with an undisclosed customer for four B737-400 conversions. The work is scheduled to begin November 2015, with all conversions completed during 2016. PEMCO’s latest 737-400 program will provide converted aircraft with eleven (11) pallet positions, up to 48,000 pounds of payload
easyJet has partnered with AJW Group in a five year cost-per-flight-hour contract to support its growing fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. The collaborative and wholly engaged transition process went live on October 7th 2015. Key factors have included the training, development and enhancement of the AJW resource pool and the in-depth education and practical
GE Aviation is creating adjacent factories in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet engines and land-based gas turbines. GE Aviation will invest more than US$200m to construct two factories on 100 acres in Huntsville. When the factories are operational later this decade, they
Avcorp Industries has received notice of award from The Boeing Company for the production and supply of 767-2C panoramic camera fairings, as part of the KC-46 tanker program. Each shipset of panoramic camera fairings consist of large and complex composites and metallic components which will be assembled into a fully integrated assembly in the Avcorp
Delta TechOps, the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business of Delta Air Lines, and Rolls-Royce are teaming up, bringing advanced jet engines from Rolls-Royce to a 100,000-ft² expanded engine shop at Delta’s Technical Operations Center in Atlanta. Rolls-Royce has named Delta TechOps an approved maintenance center for Trent civil aircraft engines to better serve jet
AJW Group is to help TECHNIC ONE, the Russian repair and spare components business, to set up a spare parts pool for Sukhoi Super Jet (SSJ) and MS-21 aircraft, a component repair service, and a spare parts centre for CFM56 engines. The new technical/maintenance facility will be established in the special economic zone in Ulyanovsk
