As a continuous business expansion program, designed to cope with the increased demands in narrow body aircraft maintenance, Garuda Maintenance Facilities (GMF) AeroAsia, a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, has completed the construction of Hangar 4, the narrow body aircraft hangar with a maintenance capacity of up to 16 narrow body aircraft including one bay for
Icelandair has decided to add two Boeing 767-300 to its fleet from the spring of 2016. Icelandair is a customer-oriented airline serving 42 gateways in Europe, USA and Canada. The Icelandic airline will install “Andromeda” seat in Business Class and “Columbus Three” seat in Economy Class on the new B767-300 aircraft and further enhance the
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) received an update of PART-145 certificate. With this certificate LOTAMS is authorized to extend the scope of work (Base Maintenance) on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with the Trent 1000 engines.
Nepal Airlines has chosen AJW Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour services for its current fleet of A320s. As part of the long-term agreement AJW will also locate extensive main base kit at the Nepal Airlines’ facilities at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and at their operational centre in Singapore, taking advantage of AJW’s strategic hub
GE Aviation and Era Group signed two engine service agreements for the CT7-2E1 and -8A turboshaft engines powering the new, twin-engine AgustaWestland AW189 and Sikorsky S-92 helicopters, respectively. These landmark agreements begin a new GE–Era partnership by servicing the newest additions to Era’s fleet, the first AW189s operating in North America and the S-92s, under
Ameco completed A330 landing gear troubleshooting for one Chinese domestic customer at the end of August. It’s the 2nd time to do such a work since Ameco got related authorization from FAA, CAAC and EASA last year. As the first MRO provider in China to perform A330 landing gear overhaul capability, Ameco also services A320/321
On September 24th, Boeing opened its research and technology center in South Carolina, which is devoted to current and next-generation technology development. Boeing leaders joined local dignitaries and employees for a ribbon cutting and tours of the 104,000-ft² Boeing Research & Technology-South Carolina center, which leads the company’s research and development efforts in areas of
Less than one year after delivering the first A350 XWB (-900), the first A350-1000 is taking shape with the assembly start of the first fuselage major components at Airbus plants in Hamburg and Saint-Nazaire. The forward fuselage section has been delivered by Premium Aerotec to Airbus in Hamburg where it will be equipped before being
Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services UK (LTLGS) has overhauled the 25th landing gear set of the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft type. Landing gear overhauls become due every ten years on each aircraft in accordance with the maintenance program. As for the end of 2015, there will be 34 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in operations which are ten
Thales reported that China Southern Airlines has selected the Dual Head Up Displays (HUD) configuration across 30 of their new AirbusA320s, alongside the Thales Flight Management System and LRRARadio altimeter. With this order, Thales scores a double first in China. This represents the largest contract for HUDs and the first ever for a dual configuration
