MRO & Production

SpiceJet of India, Poland’s LOT Polish Airlines and Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services have signed agreements to enroll in Bombardier’s Smart Parts after-market support program, to provide value-added dispatch availability and cost predictability for their growing fleets of Q400 aircraft. The agreements are each for 5-year terms. Enrolling in Bombardier’s Smart Parts program allows customers

Pratt & Whitney AeroPower has signed a long-term repair support agreement for the APS5000 auxiliary power unit (APU) with Air India, for its fleet of seven future and 20 existing Boeing 787-8 series aircraft. The support agreement covers repairs of the APU and its Line Replaceable Units (LRU).

Airbus has signed an agreement with Singapore-based ST Aerospace to offer passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion solutions for its A320/A321 aircraft. Airbus foresees a significant market demand of more than 600 aircraft over the next 20 years for P2F aircraft conversions in the small freighter segment. The A320P2F, with eleven main-deck container positions, will be capable of

Air Canada has signed a long-term Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement with CFM to support 122 LEAP-1B engines powering the airline’s 61 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes it ordered in 2014. Under the terms of the 20-year agreement, CFM will guarantee maintenance costs for the entire Air Canada LEAP-1B fleet on a rate per engine

Fokker Services has decided to select Aviointeriors for the provisioning of the Business Class “Andromeda” and the Economy Class “Centaurus” seat models for its B737-800 VIP program. Fokker Services is part of Fokker Technologies, which develops and produces advanced components and systems for the aerospace industry. Fokker Services supplies integrated maintenance support and VIP completion

This summer AFI KLM E&M is due to complete construction of its new shop, dedicated to aerostructures and composites at its Roissy-Charles de Gaulle site. Helios will implement cutting-edge technologies and innovative processes brought by the MRO lab. The Helios project was launched in 2012 with the aim of upgrading AFI KLM E&M’s industrial base

Royal Air Maroc entrusts Spairliners with its component pooling and maintenance expertise regarding a support of the new Royal Air Maroc E-Jet fleet. The Casablanca based airline is Spairliners’ 11th E-Jet customer for long-term component pooling and repair solutions. With the addition of Royal Air Maroc, Spairliners, the specialist in Component Care, now supports a

Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Rolls-Royce a long-term engine servicing agreement for the new aircraft type’s engines. Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines are used exclusively for the Airbus A350 XWB. The agreement brings Finnair’s entire A350 XWB fleet under Rolls Royce’s TotalCare package. Finnair has firm orders