AirTanker has signed a full component and consumable support contract with AJW Aviation. The agreement commenced on May 1st and includes the supply of Main Base Kit from AJW Leasing and is initially to support one A330-200. AirTanker is the market leading operator of the A330 MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport), a derivative of the
Frontier Airlines, Denver’s hometown airline, has selected SkyPaxxx Interior Repairs, a fast growing aircraft seating and interior repair station, to manage all aircraft seating for leased A319 and A320 currently in their fleet under an exclusive agreement. The comprehensive X3 Solution provided by SkyPaxxx covers Logistics, Refurbishment, and Modification of up to 49 sets of
Chromalloy is expanding capabilities in Guaymas, Mexico, with a new facility that will double its current capacity in Guaymas to machine new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) gas turbine engine components. The new 36,000 ft² plant is being developed as a state-of-the-art manufacturing center using Lean and other principles to ensure optimum work flow and efficiency.
Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) has purchased two A320-211 airframes from Spanish operator Iberia. The disassembly of the airframes started this month in Madrid. AELS performs complete sustainable end-of-life processes for these two airframes; including disassembly and dismantling, aerospace materials recycling and component management. Both aircraft served Iberia and Iberia Express throughout Europe. After 24 years
A CHC Helikopter Service Sikorsky S-92 equipped with dual Universal Avionics SBAS-Flight Management Systems (FMS) carried out the first Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) approach to Runway 07 in Florø, Norway. The flight, HKS 56T was on a transit flight from Bergen to Florø in aircraft LN-OQM. Florø is the first Norwegian airport (in
Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started building the first 737 MAX on schedule. Last week, employees started to assemble the wings for the first 737 MAX flight test airplane. Wings are the first 737 components to be assembled in the Renton production process. The wings will be attached to the first 737 MAX fuselage
Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is pleased to announce that VIM Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Russia, has chosen OASES to support both its scheduled and charter passenger operations. OASES, designed to combine ease of use with an industry-leading technical sophistication, is structured in a modular format and
Liebherr-Aerospace supplies critical systems for Dassault Aviation’s new-generation business jet Falcon 5X, which was unveiled to the public at the aircraft manufacturer’s facility in Bordeaux-Merignac (France) on June 2nd, 2015. The company’s share in this two-engine aircraft comprises the integrated air management system and the cabin air humidification system. Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Liebherr’s center of
Airbus A320 family aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as the large aircraft components for the first U.S.-produced aircraft departed from the port in Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile, Alabama, on May 29th. The major component assemblies (MCAs) consist of the wings produced in the UK, the rear fuselage
328 Support Services GmbH, the Type Certificate holder for the D328, announced that its parent company, Sierra Nevada Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs & Communications to meet the need of producing the country’s first regional jet as part of its Regional Aircraft Project (“Project”).
