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.
Emirates has contracted Lufthansa Technik to overhaul the landing gear of its Boeing 777-200ER/300 classic fleet. The 5-year agreement covers 13 shipsets. The formalisation of this contract reflects Emirates’ long-standing relationship with Lufthansa Technik, which dates back to 2005. The work will be performed by Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear services UK (LTLGS) located in Hayes,
TAT Technologies, a leading provider of services and products for the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, has signed an agreement with Engineering Holding of Moscow, Russia, to establish a new maintenance facility for heat exchangers. The new company, TAT-Engineering, will be based in Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo airport.
Lufthansa Technik AG is to provide comprehensive technical support for the new Eurowings long-haul fleet. The agreement was reached with SunExpress Germany, which operates intercontinental flights from Germany for the Lufthansa Group under the Eurowings brand. In the framework of a Total Technical Support TTS, Lufthansa Technik will among other aspects handle component supply, aircraft
Japan Air Commuter has chosen C&L Aerospace to provide power-by-the-hour services for its fleet of Saab 340 aircraft. The multi-year contract comes after JAC’s extensive evaluation of the options, includes pool inventory and landing gear, and will cover 13 Saab aircraft. C&L, headquartered in the USA, is the largest Saab 340 MRO in the world
AFI KLM E&M and the Sultanate of Oman’s flag carrier have signed a new, long-term contract providing flight hour support for CFM56-7 power plants equipping Oman Air’s Boeing 737NG’s. Franck Terner, Executive Vice President AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance said: “We have worked regularly with Oman Air for several years. I am very pleased
Aviointeriors reported that TUIfly Netherlands and Jetairfly have selected the Aviointerios Economy Class “Columbus Crew Rest” seat model for the provisioning of their two B767-300 retrofit program. TUIfly Netherlands and Jetairfly are part of TUI Group, one of the largest tourism groups world-wide, with a fleet of more than 140 aircraft. Columbus Crew Rest is
Coopesa, provider of heavy maintenance services to leading commercial airlines, cargo and leasing companies in the Americas, has successfully performed the first C check on a LATAM A319 aircraft. This is the first of a series of services that will be provided throughout the year for LATAM. Minor Rodriguez (CEO of Coopesa) commented: “LATAM is
Emirates has turned to AFI KLM E&M to develop a certified cockpit mount installation for its Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Tablet equipment. EFBs centralize all an aircraft’s flight and ground information documentation for pilots on a touchscreen tablet computer used in the cockpit. AFI KLM E&M has undertaken to engineer the cockpit integration of the
