Airbus has decided to further increase the production rate for its very successful A320 Family to 50 aircraft per month from Q1 2017, matching market demand. Additionally, Airbus is adjusting the A330 production rate to six a month from Q1 2016 as it transitions towards the A330neo. With over 11,500 Airbus single aisle aircraft sold
Royal Jet, the Middle East’s foremost private charter company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has awarded SR Technics, one of the world’s leading technical providers of solutions to airlines, a five-year contract to maintain, repair and overhaul their CFM56-7B engine fleet.The CFM56-7B engines are currently in service on Royal
Fokker Elmo, a business unit of Fokker Technologies and SASMOS HET Technologies formally inaugurated their joint venture for the production of Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for aircraft and engines, thus supporting the “Make in India” policy. The inauguration has taken place at the Joint Venture facility in Whitefield, Bangalore. The current SASMOS facility employs
Airbus has certified the WEFA system made by Sagem (Safran), intended to remotely track the situation and maintenance status of Airbus A320 commercial jetliners. The certification from Airbus opens a potential market of several thousand aircraft for Sagem. Sagem’s WEFA system (Wireless Extension For ACMS/Aircraft Condition Monitoring System) allows airlines to remotely manage their flight
Rolls-Royce marked the official opening of its new £110m Advanced Blade Casting Facility (ABCF). When fully operational in 2017, the 150,000 ft² (14,000 m²) facility in Rotherham will employ 150 people and have the capacity to manufacture more than 100,000 single crystal turbine blades a year. These blades will feature in a wide-range of Trent
German-based HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH has been granted the Repair Station Approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As an EASA Part-145 organization, HAITEC holds approvals from Civil Aviation Organizations of Russia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Bermuda and now the FAA for a broad range of Boeing and Airbus aircraft as well
Pratt & Whitney officially unveiled its new state-of-the-art Middletown, Connecticut, production facility to support production of the PurePower PW1100G-JM engine for the Airbus A320neo and the F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in a ceremony held on February 25th. The transformation of the facility is the product of significant capital investments
Thai Airways International signed a 12-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s GE90-115B engines that power its 14 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The OnPoint solution agreement will enable THAI to have the highest quality services at a predictable cost. OnPoint solutions are customized service agreements tailored to the operational needs
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has been granted Part M Subpart G approval as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Through the company’s Part M approval, MAEL’s experienced engineering team are approved to carry out tasks such as: Continuing Airworthiness Oversight, Maintenance Planning, Approved Maintenance Programme Development, Reliability Programme Technical
The Italian airline NEOS and Lufthansa Technik AG have extended their existing cooperation. Lufthansa Technik started its Total Component Support TCS for the NEOS fleet in 2002. The contract extension will run by further five years. The current NEOS fleet is composed of six Boeings 737-800W (Winglet) and two Boeings 767-300ERW (Extended Range Winglet) with
