HAECO Cabin Solutions will expand its design engineering and interiors product manufacturing capacity in a new, 259,000 ft² facility in High Point, North Carolina. The building is in close proximity to HAECO Americas’ headquarters in Greensboro. Renovations will start in 2015 and the facility is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2016.
Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange (CARE), a parts sourcing and distribution company, has moved into their new showhouse and increased their available parts inventory by an additional US$3.5m, bringing their total inventory to over US$48m with over 54,000 line items. “We recently made the full transition into our new showhouse, which serves as our main distribution
Boeing has signed a contract with British Airways to provide component services for its 787 Dreamliner fleet. Under the 12-year agreement, Boeing will supply British Airways 787s with a carefully selected pool of high-value parts, enabling the airline to reduce its inventory management costs while improving component availability. Component Services, part of Boeing GoldCare, offers
NordStar Airlines has signed a GTA with AJW Engines to provide engine shop visit management services for CFM56-7B engines. AJW Group has worked with the airline for several years providing specialist component support; however this is the first time that AJW Engines’ specialist services have been integrated into the programme. An experienced team of professional
Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have named their joint venture Aero Gearbox International and announced plans to construct a new production plant in Poland. The news follows the signing of a final agreement, on 24th October 2014, to create a jointly-owned company that will design, develop, produce and support accessory drive trains (ADTs) for all of
WOW air, the Icelandic low-cost airline has extended its power-by-the-hour contract with AJW Aviation to include two additional A321s. AJW, a leading independent integrated aircraft support specialist, originally signed a five year power-by-the-hour contract with the European airline in 2014 to provide on-going support for one of the airline’s A320 aircraft.
Dutch based independent line maintenance provider Direct Maintenance has commenced to provide dedicated line maintenance support to China Southern Airlines at Nairobi, Kenya. This is a rather unique event, since national flag carrier China Southern Airlines has now become the first and only Chinese carrier to fly a direct passenger service between mainland China and
Erickson Incorporated (EAC) announced newly designed and certified enhancements for the S-64 Aircrane to improve situational awareness for aircraft pilots. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the company has installed and certified FAA mandated Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) OUT (transmit) systems, which are ADS-B IN (receive) systems combined with state of the art GPS
Magnetic MRO (MMRO), a total technical care organization headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, has taken an organic step forward in daily customer support by moving to power-by-the-hour (PBH) components solutions. The first comprehensive PBH contract was signed on June 1st to support the growing fleet of Boeing aircraft operated by Grand Cru Airlines. Having a 24/7
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) reported the redelivery of a state-of-the-art 737-300QC / Quick Change (MSN 28054) during the first quarter of 2015. The 1998 vintage aircraft was converted at PEMCO’s Tampa facility, for Automatic, a US-based aircraft leasing company and is operated by Mistral Air based in Italy. The latest passenger-to-QC conversion adds to
