Ascent Integration & Automation Group has been awarded a contract by Airbus for the Beluga XL Final Assembly Station. The Beluga XL is an A330 heavily modified to transport large, oversized aerostructure components from Airbus supplier facilities to the Beluga XL final assembly line in Toulouse, France. Under this contract Ascent Integration – European Operations,
STG Aerospace, a world leader in pioneering aircraft lighting technologies, has opened a new US manufacturing and warehousing facility in Miami. Located adjacent to the Miami International Airport runway, the new building has double the space of the company’s previous US premises. This significant investment in expansion reflects growing demand throughout the Americas for STG
Jet Aviation recently signed service agreements with Bombardier and Gulfstream Aerospace to provide maintenance support to its Teterboro FBO customers. Jet Aviation continues to evolve its maintenance offerings to meet the needs of its customers and provide them with the best solutions. Through these recently signed service agreements, Bombardier and Gulfstream Aerospace will support routine
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) announced a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Hainan Airlines. The agreement, which commenced on 3rd July 2015 is to provide call out support to the Chinese operator’s flying program into Birmingham Airport this summer. Hainan Airlines, headquartered in Haikou, People’s Republic of China will operate twice weekly flights on
Vision Systems, an international system supplier for the aeronautics, automotive and marine markets, already masters different industrial processes including Resin Transfer Molding, thermocompression, infusion, thermoforming and drape forming. This production know-how, in addition to that of mechanics and electronics, enables Vision Systems to offer complete functional systems with breakthrough features, most particularly solar protection solutions,
Assembly of the first A350-900 for Cathay Pacific Airways is progressing well at Airbus’ A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Following the fuselage section joining phase, the wings, the horizontal and vertical tailplane as well as tail cone have been joined to the fuselage. Following this, the aircraft will move to the
Ameco’s capability application on V2500-A5 series has been approved by CAAC, FAA and EASA. Thus, Ameco has been authorized to provide overhaul and modification on V2500-A5 series. The service on V2500-A5 series as a new product will help promote Ameco’s market competitiveness and support it to serve more customers at home and abroad. The first
Lufthansa Technik broke ground on the construction side of the new wheel and brake workshop at Frankfurt’s East Harbor. The company is investing just under €60m in the new production facility, which fulfills all requirements for lean production, an ergonomic working environment and sustainability in terms of how the building has been developed and will
Airbus and its Chinese partners, namely the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Company (TJFTZ) and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), have signed a framework agreement on setting up an A330 Completion and Delivery Centre (C&DC) in Tianjin, China, taking the partnership between Airbus and China a further step forward following the successful establishment
Vietnam Airlines has selected Airbus to provide Flight Hour Services (FHS) for its new fleet of 14 A350-900s on order. With this contract, Vietnam Airlines becomes the first A350 XWB operator to select Airbus FHS. The agreement, which will run for 12 years, provides an extensive scope including A350 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare
