Rolls-Royce has appointed HAECO Group as the first authorised on-wing services provider in the Asia Pacific region. On-wing services are jointly provided by HAECO Hong Kong and Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited (“HAESL”), and currently cover Rolls-Royce engine models RB211, Trent 500, Trent 700 and Trent 800 as well as the IAE V2500. The
Robinson Helicopter Company announced its R66 Turbine Police Helicopter with the FLIR Systems Ultra 8000 Infrared Camera and the Spectrolab SX-7 searchlight with 30-million candlepower has been reconfigured to include a multitude of upgrades. This high performance 4-place police helicopter comes standard with a Garmin G500H Primary and Multifunction Display System (PFD/MFD), a Garmin GTN
Rolls-Royce announced plans to invest up to £60m in its facility in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, creating a new Centre of Competence (CoC) for the manufacture of aerofoils and a new location for the manufacture of mainline engine shafts. The new CoC will manufacture an extensive range of aerofoils, including turbine and compressor components, for Rolls-Royce engines
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has introduced redesigned sliding cockpit windows for the Airbus A320 Family that are expected to have improved field performance over the previous design and afford cost-effective replacement. The new windows have passed successfully all ground and flight tests in PPG and Airbus facilities. They can be used for original-equipment and
MIAT Mongolian Airlines, the national flag carrier based in Ulaanbataar, has chosen AJW Aviation to provide full power-by-the-hour services for three Boeing 737NG aircraft. This eight year agreement, which commences on August 1st, sees AJW Group further expand its support of MIAT alongside its existing PBH programme for the airline’s Boeing 767s. MIAT will have
Lufthansa Technik Philippines’ (LTP) hangar expansion is on track, six months after the Manila-based aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider broke ground in January to extend its main hangar. The construction expands two existing bays equipped with versatile docking systems that can accommodate current widebodies and newer models for the Airbus A350, Boeing 777-9X,
Airbus has achieved EASA certification of its innovative Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology on A330 Family aircraft. This on-board cockpit technology, which Airbus has pioneered over several years, is now certified and available on all Airbus Families. ROPS is an alerting system which reduces exposure to runway overrun risk, and if necessary, provides active
Orbital ATK has finalized an agreement with Airbus to expand its current contract to include the manufacture of composite stringers and frames on the –1000 variant of the A350 program, adding to the work already being performed on the A350 program. This agreement builds on Orbital ATK’s valuable working relationship with Airbus and its partners.
Liebherr LAMC Aviation (Changsha), the Joint Venture of Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Germany and AVIC’s subsidiary Landing Gear Advanced Manufacturing (LAMC), China, has shipped its first consignment of landing gear components to Liebherr-Aerospace’s OEM facility in Lindenberg (Germany). The first program completely managed by the Joint Venture is the landing gear system of COMAC’s C919 aircraft.
Total technical care organization Magnetic MRO (MMRO) enlarged its services portfolio by opening full aircraft painting capability in their Tallinn headquarters. MMRO commenced its first painting project already in July, with painting slots reservation open for the winter maintenance season. The hangar has the capability to offer services to all narrow-body aircraft including Airbus A320
