On August 1st, Ameco Beijing starts providing line maintenance and aircraft releasing services for Singapore Airlines’ A380 aircraft which is used by the carrier on Beijing-Singapore route, seven flights per week. Ameco has been providing line maintenance and aircraft releasing services for Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 in Beijing since 2011 and extended
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS has delivered the first set of bleed air system components for the engine flight test bed of the Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft program, Bombardier’s latest ultra long-range business jets. The testing activities will be performed on GE Aviation Passport engine. Bombardier has selected Liebherr’s center of excellence for air management
Precision Aircraft Solutions has received approval from EASA to convert 757-200 passenger aircraft with winglets to freighter and combi configurations. The authorization allows European customers to benefit from the significant fuel savings and enhanced payload capacity derived from Precision’s winglet-compatible conversions. This EASA approval is Precision’s first since restructuring earlier this year. Today with five
Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services (AMES), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to perform heavy and line maintenance services on Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. The capability for Airbus complements the broad range of services in heavy maintenance, line maintenance, engineering, component
Boeing released that final assembly of the 787-10, the newest and longest member of the 787 Dreamliner family of airplanes, will take place exclusively in North Charleston, S.C. Boeing will continue to assemble both 787-8s and 787-9s in Everett, Wash., and North Charleston. Design of the 787-10 is underway in Everett, with final assembly of
UTC Aerospace Systems’ Landing Systems business marked a major milestone when it delivered its 5,000th set of landing gear for a Next-Generation 737 to Boeing. The gear components were delivered from their final integration site, the Landing Systems facility in Everett, Washington. The Everett facility supports the Boeing production line through provision of fully integrated
China Eastern Airlines has selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) to supply MRO services and wheels and brakes for its respective A330 and A320 fleets. The MRO agreement will entail landing gear overhaul, loan and standard exchange services for 20 A330 aircraft. The overhaul activity will take place from 2015 to 2018 at Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s MRO facility in Singapore.
Aviation Technical Services (ATS) formally opened its newly renovated 607,000‐ft² MRO complex at Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Hawaiian Airlines and Air Canada, officially committed programs to the ATS‐KC facility. Hawaiian’s agreement for Boeing 767 heavy maintenance was formally signed earlier that week. The contract initially involves two nose‐to‐tail heavy checks beginning in September 2014
China Airlines has selected UTC Aerospace Systems for a long-term detailed spare parts agreement that includes air management, electric, and engineering systems on select Boeing and Airbus aircraft operated by the airline. As part of the five-year exclusive agreement, UTC Aerospace Systems will provide China Airlines with OEM parts for the Airbus A330 and A340
Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, added two new buildings totaling 26,000 ft² to its 18-acre leasehold. The new construction includes an expanded parts facility as well as a two-story infill building that houses support shops for Western Aircraft’s services operation. Western Aircraft President Jeff Mihalic said that Western’s business expansion was driven in large
