MRO & Production

FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has successfully passed EASA certification and was granted with an extended Design Organization Part 21J STC approval which allows aviation maintenance service providers to perform major cabin interior modifications. The newly received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) extended approval confirms that FL Technics

TES Aviation Group announced the signing of a long term engine support program with VIM Airlines (Moscow, Russia). The Engine Management program will support the established Russian airline with all off-wing technical and commercial engine management activities, including reliability programming, fleet forecasting, financial modelling, maintenance planning and repair event management, with the objective of reducing

OEMServices opens in Dubai in September its new service center dedicated to the aerospace market. Located in Jebel Ali Free Zone, near Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, this new center will benefit from a strategic location in the Middle East. The nearly 2.000 m² warehouse, fully furnished and air-conditioned, will host the OEMServices operations (AOG

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, (Boeing Shanghai) and Russia-based Nordwind Airlines, a charter airline with headquarters in Moscow, are expanding their business cooperation by signing a new maintenance agreement that will include heavy checks, pylon modifications, full painting, landing gear replacement, avionics upgrades and cabin modifications on seven 767-300ERs that will enter service this month. Nordwind

StandardAero and Airteam, of Pretoria, South Africa, have signed a partnership agreement to provide PT6 engine maintenance through a co-branded foothold in the Southern African region. The new partnership is expected to be fully up and running by the end of September, 2014 and all engine services will be performed at either Airteam’s Wonderboom Airport

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai has completed its 1500th shop visit since it commenced operations in 2003. The milestone was achieved through the scheduled shop visit of a CFM565B from an overseas customer. This highlights both the strong recent growth of this engine program and the increasing global reach of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai. In 2013 the company

Aerospace manufacturer Alcoa has signed a long-term contract to supply aluminum sheet and plate products to Boeing. The multiyear contract, valued at more than $1bn, is the largest ever between the two companies. “This historic agreement not only continues the 35-year Alcoa-Boeing partnership, it will take our collaboration on next-generation metallic technologies even further,” said

Ameco Guangzhou Outstation started line maintenance for A330-300 from Aeroflot Russian Airlines on September 1st, 2014. It’s the 8th international 3rd-party customer for Ameco Guangzhou Outstation after Qatar Airways, Egyptair, Air France, Turkish Airlines, Air Madagascar, Garuda Indonesia as well as Iraq Airways. Headquartered in Beijing, Ameco’s international third-party line maintenance business extends to outstations

ST Engineering released that VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (VT MAE) and the City of Pensacola have signed an agreement to set up an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida. This follows the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in December 2013. Under the agreement, the City