The first A350 XWB for Vietnam Airlines, to be leased from AerCap, has just moved to station 30 at the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. This new milestone marks the completion of some of the major airframe assembly as well as the successful first electrical power-on. In station 30, the aircraft
Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) Brazil announced they are expanding into a new facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil. DAS Brazil will begin operating in the new facility starting in the first half of 2015. A subsidiary of Dallas Aeronautical Services, DAS Brazil specializes in the production, repair and overhaul of composites, structures and assemblies.
AMAC Aerospace, a leading provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services has completed its first interior refurbishment project wholly designed by its own professional in-house design team. The project entailed refurbishing the existing cabin configuration of a Bombardier Global Express. The refurbishment project, which was undertaken at AMAC’s state-of-the-art headquarters at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, involved
In partnership with CASC (China Aviation Supplies Corporation) in Beijing, AJW Aviation has signed a six year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of A320 aircraft. Established by the Nashan Group, the Qingdao Municipal Government and Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines launched operations earlier this year providing domestic services to destinations across China.
Back on July 4th 2014 a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran). Today, the 24th October 2014, it has been announced that Hélène Moreau-Leroy, Chairman and CEO of Hispano-Suiza and Norbert Arndt, Rolls-Royce Executive Vice President, Structures and Transmissions, have signed a final agreement for the creation of a jointly-owned
Tigerair Australia has signed a long-term partnership agreement with AJW Aviation to transform the support programme for its current fleet of 13 Airbus A320 aircraft as part of the airline’s ongoing focus on improving operational efficiency. As part of the agreement AJW will deliver complete inventory technical management (ITM) across a variety of areas including
In Tulsa / Oklahoma Lufthansa Technik’s US-subsidiary BizJet International has opened a new dedicated maintenance and refurbishment hangar. This hangar will hold up to a BBJ 737-800 size aircraft. The hangar also has customer offices in-house allowing our customer’s close access to the work being performed on their aircraft. Brian Barber, Vice President of Completions
Jet Aviation has signed an FBO management agreement with Executive Flight Support (EFS) effective January 1st, 2015. The new addition to Jet Aviation’s worldwide FBO network will be rebranded as Jet Aviation Bahamas. Managed by Jet Aviation as of 2015, EFS is the premier full-service FBO in the Bahamas, located at Lynden Pindling International Airport,
Vector Aerospace Engine Services – Atlantic, (ES-A) has renewed its Network Services Agreement with Turboprop East, based in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. ES-A will provide Turboprop East with comprehensive engine repair and overhaul support for the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A and JT15D series engines from its P&WC Distributor and Designated Overhaul Facility
Thales have once again been selected by Gulfstream to deliver fly-by-wire flight control systems on the G650ER unveiled in May. This follows the unveiling of the G500 and G600 programmes on October 14th, which will also feature Thales fly-by-wire flight controls. The G650ER’s 7,5000 nautical miles range (13,890 kilometers), opens up more destination pairs than
