Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines signed an agreement to double wire harness production at Ethiopian Airlines’ Wire Harness Facility. The Wire Harness Facility, based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, opened in 2009 and currently supplies seat-to-seat wire harnesses for all Boeing commercial airplane programs. Following this latest announcement Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines will place additional
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further extending its cooperation with Asia-Pacific carriers by signing a PBH-support agreement with Jakarta-based cargo operator Cardig Air. Under the agreement FL Technics will provide spare parts supply for the carrier’s Boeing 737-300F fleet. According to the three-year long agreement, FL
UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Xiamen Airlines to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its fleet of 6 new Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in July 2014. The 787-8 carbon brakes use
Aviation Partners Boeing announced the order of up to 100 Split Scimitar Winglet Systems for Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft by Copa Holdings, S.A. This program is the culmination of a five year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all new Split Scimitar
Transaero Airlines, the first private airline in the Russian Federation, has signed with Aviointeriors, Italy, a LOI to purchase passenger seats for nine B777-200 aircraft, which soon will be part of the airline’s fleet. Transaero selected Venus, Perseus and Columbus Three seat models respectively, for their B777 First, Business and Economy Class. According to the
Lufthansa Technik Malta (LTM), a subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik, is expanding its hangar capacity for maintenance and overhaul work on Airbus widebody aircraft. With the addition to the smallest of the three hangars in Malta, which has been used to date only for narrowbody aircraft, the building will be able to accommodate aircraft up to
CIRCOR Aerospace celebrated the grand opening of their Corona, California Machining Center of Excellence on Friday, September 20th. The state of the art machining facility holds the critical machining processes for the West Coast fluidic control, actuation, and landing gear product lines. Completed in June of 2013, the new facility has 72,000ft² of manufacturing floor
Flying Colours Corp. the Canadian completions, refurbishment and maintenance specialist has broken ground on the first phase, of a three phase expansion plan, at its Peterborough, Ontario headquarters. An investment of over $3.5m will expand the company’s footprint and increase its large cabin completion and maintenance capabilities at its Peterborough Airport facility. With the steel
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), is pleased to announce that it has redelivered the first of two Kahala Aviation 737-400SF 11 Pallet Conversions. The first freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF, (MSN 25052) built in 1991 and has been leased to Jet Time A/S, a Danish Charter Airline. The conversion was performed at
Nordic Aviation Capital A/S signed an agreement for a long-term Fleet Management Programme with Pratt & Whitney Canada, in support of their P&WC powered aircraft. Nordic Aviation Capital continually strives to develop creative business solutions to support its clients and assist them to manage costs and maintain profitability. “In partnering with Pratt and Whitney Canada
