The Nexcelle joint venture of Aircelle (Safran) and GE Aviation’s Middle River Aircraft Systems – which is building engine nacelles for the next generation of integrated propulsion systems – has marked a key program milestone by shipping its initial major production component: the no. 1 inlet for GE Aviation’s Passport business jet engine. This represents
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, one of the leading low-cost carriers in Europe, and Lufthansa Technik AG have extended the current wheels & brakes services contract for the airline’s Boeing 737 fleet. The new contract runs over a period of seven years and also covers pooling and home-base lease services for Norwegian Air Shuttle’s growing Boeing
On December 5th, 2013, LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) has signed another contract with Air Dolomiti. The agreement provides LOTAMS to perform five “C” checks on Embraer ERJ-195 aircraft in the first quarter of 2014.
Eurolot S.A. of Warsaw, Poland has reaffirmed its confidence in Bombardier’s Smart Parts program by enrolling its three newest Q400 NextGen aircraft. Eurolot, which took delivery of the new aircraft on October 29th, 2013, now has a total of 11 Q400 NextGen aircraft enrolled in the program. The Smart Parts agreement is customized to meet
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) redelivered the sixth B737-400SF 11 Pallet freighter to the ASL Aviation Group. The sixth freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 25181) built in 1992. The conversion was performed at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet Inc. in Miami Florida. The aircraft has been ferried to Paris France where
Lufthansa Technik AG is once again expanding its involvement in the provision of technical support for the Boeing 787, after signing an agreement with Air Canada. Canada’s largest airline has signed a 12-year Total Component Support TCS contract with Lufthansa Technik, starting with the delivery of the first aircraft from Boeing to Air Canada in
Turkish Airlines will become the first European airline to operate A320 Family aircraft with production-retrofitted Sharklet wingtip devices. This will follow the installation, which has just been completed, by Turkish Technic MRO of Sharklets onto the first of nine A321s to be retrofitted for Turkish Airlines. All nine aircraft will be upgraded for the airline
Boeing released that low-speed wind tunnel tests have begun for the Boeing 777X, a major milestone in airplane development. Testing started on Dec. 5 at QinetiQ’s test facility in Farnborough, U.K. Wind tunnel models allow experts to test many different configurations for the airplane. Low-speed tests measure airplane performance with a variety of high-lift surface
FL Technics, a global provider of comprehensive aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced its plans to invest almost US$4m into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly-launched MRO hangar in Kaunas, Lithuania. The latest equipment will support new FL Technics 8000 m² MRO centre in servicing both narrow and wide body modern aircraft,
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, and Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF) have signed a five-year service agreement for component repairs in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under this agreement, GMF will act as SR Technics’ regional support workshop for approximately 150 part numbers, and will develop its existing in-house repair capabilities accordingly. SR Technics
