This summer AFI KLM E&M is due to complete construction of its new shop, dedicated to aerostructures and composites at its Roissy-Charles de Gaulle site. Helios will implement cutting-edge technologies and innovative processes brought by the MRO lab. The Helios project was launched in 2012 with the aim of upgrading AFI KLM E&M’s industrial base
Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH and HOP! Air France entered into an agreement covering the overhaul of the landing gear systems on board the airlines’ Embraer E170 and E190 aircraft. The contract was signed at the Paris Air Show on June 17th, 2015. French carrier HOP!-REGIONAL, which is based in Nantes and part of HOP!, an Air
Royal Air Maroc entrusts Spairliners with its component pooling and maintenance expertise regarding a support of the new Royal Air Maroc E-Jet fleet. The Casablanca based airline is Spairliners’ 11th E-Jet customer for long-term component pooling and repair solutions. With the addition of Royal Air Maroc, Spairliners, the specialist in Component Care, now supports a
Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Rolls-Royce a long-term engine servicing agreement for the new aircraft type’s engines. Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines are used exclusively for the Airbus A350 XWB. The agreement brings Finnair’s entire A350 XWB fleet under Rolls Royce’s TotalCare package. Finnair has firm orders
Air New Zealand has signed a Maintenance Services Agreement extension with the Pratt & Whitney Christchurch Engine Centre to maintain its fleet of 58 V2500 engines for an additional five years supporting the airline’s Airbus A320 operations. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines AG, a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders
AFI KLM E&M and Transavia consolidated their relationship and have signed a long-term contract organizing component support for the low cost airline’s fleet of Boeing 737-800s operating from France. The support covers Transavia’s’ existing fifteen 737-800s and six 737-800s scheduled for delivery to the airline in 2015. The service offer developed by AFI KLM E&M
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has appointed SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance B.V. of the Netherlands as its first Authorized Service Facility (ASF) for the all-new C Series family of airliners. Under the ASF agreement, which takes effect immediately, SAMCO will offer C Series aircraft operators with maintenance services that include: start-up support, line maintenance, base maintenance and continued
Taikoo Engine Services (Xiamen) (TEXL), a member of HAECO Group, recently completed work on its 200th GE90 and is on schedule to complete 50 additional engines by year end. “TEXL is an integral part of the GE90 overhaul network, and the team there has done an excellent job developing its capability enabling us to meet
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, announces a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Privilege Style. The contract covers a full suite of line maintenance support for the Spanish airline’s Boeing 757 flight operation this summer at Manchester Airport.
Airbus Helicopters, Vector Aerospace and Rockwell Collins have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and market the scalable and flexible Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics solution to upgrade Airbus Helicopters platforms. “Pro Line Fusion provides Airbus Helicopters with one of the most advanced avionics and the highest level of efficiency for the rotary wing
