MRO & Production

CityJet and SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance recently concluded a three year agreement for line maintenance services on the Scandinavian route network of the Irish airline. The agreement includes a total of four maintenance stations that will support the airline’s Bombardier CRJ900 fleet operated for Scandinavian Air Service. Commencing in March 2016, CityJet will operate services on

The first A330 for the brand new airline French Blue is taking shape in the Airbus Final Assembly Line, in Toulouse. The new airline unveiled by the Groupe Dubreuil on March 17th will be the first French long haul low cost carrier. French Blue will start its own operations next September on routes to Punta

On March 1st, HAECO Line Services began operation at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), expanding the network to eight stations in Mainland China. HAECO Line Services now operates at Beijing (PEK), Tianjin (TSN), Zhengzhou (CGO), Shanghai (PVG and SHA), Nanjing (NKG), Chongqing (CKG) and Xiamen (XMN) in Mainland China, with additional line services stations in

Airbus and Fokker Technologies, a division of GKN Aerospace, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a strategic partnership in research development and automation of Fibre Metal Laminate (FML) production. FML is the second generation of a revolutionary lightweight material, consisting of alternate layers of bonded aluminum and glass fibre. The first generation (also known as

Air Canada has entered into an agreement with the Manitoba Government to help establish a Western Canada Centre of Excellence for certain aircraft maintenance activities in the Province. Under the agreement, Air Canada will bring to Manitoba three of its aviation suppliers and partners with unique expertise and capabilities. The Centre is expected to create

Air Austral has signed a wide-ranging contract for the two Boeing 787 aircraft scheduled to enter its fleet in spring 2016. The agreement includes component support, engineering and Maintenance Control Services (MCS) components, plus light and line maintenance services. AFI KLM E&M will support the airline’s Reunion-based teams locally to bring the two aircraft into

The PACAVI Group is moving forward with the supplemental type certificate (STC) development for their first-to-market Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion. PACAVI Group CEO Dr. Stephan Hollmann commented on the program’s status: “Our STC program, started in January 2015, is progressing on schedule, as well as the conversion of our prototype A320 Freighter LITE at the

Lufthansa Technik AG has entered into a new long-term agreement with Taiwan-based low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan. According to the new contract, the Hamburg-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider is now responsible for providing maintenance services including LRU (line-replaceable unit) services for the Auxiliary Power Units (APU) of Tigerair Taiwan’s growing A320 fleet. The long-term

Boeing has selected UTC Aerospace Systems for three additional systems on the new Boeing 777X large, twin-engine jet. These are in addition to numerous systems on the aircraft awarded to UTC Aerospace Systems in 2015. UTC Aerospace Systems will now also provide the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator that moves the horizontal stabilizer to trim and