The industry’s first three installations of Future Aircraft Navigation Systems (FANS) in Bombardier Challenger 604s by Jet Aviation St. Louis are complete, with three more already scheduled. The installations are possible after Jet Aviation St. Louis received FAA approval for a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). Jet Aviation St. Louis teamed with Rockwell Collins to develop
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa (AA) today announced a long-term supply agreement with Boeing for multi-material aerospace parts. Under this agreement, Alcoa will supply components for the 777X—Boeing’s newest commercial airplane—the 737 MAX—scheduled for first delivery in 2017—and the 787 Dreamliner. The deal draws on capabilities gained through the Firth Rixson acquisition and the Company’s new
Spairliners GmbH, a global leader in aircraft component care has achieved ISO 9001 certification for providing aircraft component provisioning, services and pooling solutions. The company is already known for providing services and aircraft components which are certified to the highest safety and standards. For Spairliners, this certification is an important step that assures their customers
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Norwegian. The agreement, which commenced on January 11th, 2016 will see MAEL’s highly experienced engineering team provide a full suite of line maintenance services for the low-cost airline’s Boeing 737NG operation. The ongoing contract will support up to nine aircraft at London
HAECO Cabin Solutions announced that Cathay Pacific Airways will become the launch customer for its new Vector Y+TM economy class passenger seat on Cathay’s A350-1000 aircraft. The new seat, designed for long-haul operations, is the latest model from the Vector seat platform featuring carbon fiber construction, recline with seat pan articulation and industry-leading living space.
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services signed a maintenance agreement with Thomas Cook Airlines for Boeing 767 fleet maintenance. With this contract, Boeing Shanghai has expanded its airplane maintenance services to the United Kingdom. The first Thomas Cook 767 was inducted for C-check in October, followed by one airplane in November and one in 2016 at Boeing
Assembly of the main airframe sections of the first A350 XWB for China Airlines is advancing at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This involves the assembly of the wing-fuselage junction, the installation of the tailplane and also the tailcone. The aircraft will then be moved to the next assembly station for structural
Nova-Tech Engineering, a leader in the design and manufacture of aerospace tooling and automation, has received an order from Airbus to provide a fourth production line for the final assembly of A320 family of aircraft to its Hamburg, Germany plant. Nova-Tech is responsible for providing all components of the new production line, including the equipment
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract with an aviation fund for an 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, built in 1992 (MSN 26071) is a high gross weight B737-400 and is being converted by Commercial Jet in Miami, Florida. The conversion commenced modification on January 11th and will be re-delivered to the
Following a comprehensive, three year, design and certification programme with Airbus, GKN Aerospace has qualified a new, 10% lighter, higher performance, main pilot (No 1) windshield for Airbus single aisle aircraft family (A318/A319/A320/A321). GKN Aerospace has achieved this 10% weight saving by manufacturing the window from chemically-toughened CE120 glass, replacing the heavier, thermally-toughened glass of
