Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services Asia (ESA), has been named as a center of excellence for GP7200 low pressure compressor (LPC) overhauls by the Engine Alliance (EA). ESA will support Airbus A380 operators around the globe with the first shop visits scheduled for LPC performance restoration. As a center of excellence, ESA will be responsible
STS Component Solutions, a division of STS Aviation Group, has announced a new OEM partnership with Branet to distribute spares and execute MRO support for Boeing Cargo Restraints. Located in Sulphur, Louisiana, Branet possesses more than 20 years of experience in the aviation cargo restraint market, specializing in both spares and repairs of their products.
AJW Aviation will continue to provide full ATA Chapter power-by-the-hour support for low cost cargo operator Air Incheon’s growing fleet of Boeing aircraft. The contract commenced in 2013 and has been extended for a further two years. It also includes a main base kit consignment that is located by AJW at Incheon International Airport in
On February 15th Pratt & Whitney officially opened its first manufacturing facility in Singapore, through its subsidiary P&W NGPF Manufacturing Company Singapore. The 180,000 ft² (approximately 16,000 m²) facility, located at Seletar Aerospace Park, will produce fan blades and other key components for Pratt & Whitney’s new PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family. With about
German Aircraft Maintenance GmbH, an engineering company certified according to EASA Part 145, now offers a much wider range of maintenance and repair operations at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport. For the future and in addition to Line Maintenance, the company is able to offer Base Maintenance services for a variety of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The maintenance
ST Aerospace’s VIP completions brand ‘AERIA Luxury Interiors’ (AERIA) redelivered its first green BBJ (Boeing Business Jet) VIP completion for an undisclosed customer at the end of December, 2015. The San Antonio based affiliate company accepted the green BBJ in late 2014 directly from Boeing. The BBJ VIP interior features a dedicated forward crew lounge,
ST Aerospace opened its new VIP aircraft interiors centre at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore. With this new facility, ST Aerospace will bring its full suite of VIP luxury cabin interior design, engineering, installation and maintenance services to the region, serving customers from across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. With a core team
The PACAVI Group and GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering) reported that both companies are on track being first to market with their joint Airbus A320/A321 Passenger-to-Freighter conversion in 2017. GAMECO will also convert PACAVI’s A321 Freighter LITE prototype in Guangzhou, while conversion of the prototype A320 Freighter LITE, started in January 2015, is progressing on
It’s “full speed ahead” for Airbus’ A350 XWB with final assembly start-up for the new-generation jetliner family’s longest-fuselage member, the A350-1000 – which was kicked off this week, as per planning, in parallel with the baseline A350-900 version’s continued production ramp-up to meet market demand. The no. 1 A350-1000 is one of three test aircraft
Aeronautical Engineers has signed a contract with San Francisco based World Star Aviation to provide an 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft built in 1990 (MSN 24796) is standard gross weight and is being modified at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, AL facility. The freighter will be re-delivered to World Star in June of 2016.
