Kaman has been awarded a multi-year contract for the production of fixed trailing edge (FTE) kits and assemblies for the 777 and 767 commercial programs. The award from Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a continuation of the work Kaman has performed for Boeing since the launch of the 767 program almost thirty years ago. To date
GA Telesis has signed an avionics services agreement with L-3 Electronic System Services (L-3 ESS), a division of L-3 Aviation Products (L-3 AP). L-3 ESS will provide total avionics support for OEM and third-party components on Boeing and Airbus aircraft, initially focusing on the 737NG, 747, 757, 767 and A320 platforms. As the program evolves,
AJW Capital Partners Limited, part of the AJW Group of companies, has purchased an A319 (MSN 1068) aircraft. The deal covers the airframe only. Teardown is currently underway at eCube in St Athan, Wales, and components will support AJW’s global fleet of Airbus aircraft operating under power-by-the-hour contracts. AJW Capital managed the transaction on behalf
Turkish Technic and Citilink have signed an Airbus A320 component support contract. The signing ceremony was held in MRO Middle East and included the participation of Citilink CEO, M. Arif Wibowo Albert Burhan, and Turkish Technic CEO, Ahmet Karaman. The contract comprises component supply and repair on part number basis. Components will be supplied from
Wamos Air, a Spanish charter airline, and Lufthansa Technik AG, have extended their existing cooperation. Since 2003 Lufthansa Technik has been providing a Total Component Support TCS for the Boeing 747 fleet of Spain’s third-largest long-range airline. On the occasion of the integration of a fifth 747-400 into the contract, the agreement was recently extended
Ducommun has been awarded its first direct contract from Airbus for the A350 XWB wide-body aircraft. Ducommun will provide titanium components for titanium assemblies that will be installed on the aft fuselage section of the jet. The components are already in production at Ducommun’s Coxsackie, N.Y. operations center, which specializes in forming technology for shaping
China Eastern Airlines has selected Ameco Beijing for cabin modification of its Boeing 767 fleet. This 767 fleet belongs to Shanghai Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern. The carrier transferred a 767 to Beijing-based Ameco for cabin modification in January, and the further cabin modifications on other 767s will be scheduled from April
Airbus has signed an agreement with Bengaluru based Dynamatic Technologies to be the single source supplier of flap-track beams for the wide body A330 Family aircraft. The agreement is the largest manufacturing contract between Airbus and a private sector company in India and elevates Dynamatic to a global tier-1 supplier. Dynamatic has manufactured flap-track beam
C&L Aerospace has been appointed a sales and service center under the Michelin Alliance Partner Program. Aside from warehousing Michelin’s full line of tires for regional and business jet aircraft at their three stocking locations, C&L Aircraft Services will provide tire and installation services at their expanded 120,000 square-foot complex in Bangor, Maine. C&L will
Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division and its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider business, will now be offering six variants of the CF34-8 jet engine to its list of aircraft engines eligible for MRO services: CF34-8C5, CF34-8C5A1, CF34-8C5A2, CF34-8C5B1, CF34-8E5, CF34-8E5A1. As the best-selling regional jet engine in its class, the CF34 by General Electric
