GE Aviation is gathering hardware for the assembly of its first Passport engine for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. Assembly of the first full engine to test will begin by year end. Since launching the engine in 2010, GE has conducted validation tests on the fan blisk design, including two fan blade-out
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed a four-year Engine Service Agreement with Bombardier Aerospace to provide the highest level of OEM support to Learjet(i)60(i) business jet operators. The announcement was made during the National Business Aviation Association’s 65th annual meeting and convention in Orlando, Florida. Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Viking Air have
Australian-based TAE signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become the M601 and H80 Designated Repair Center for the Asia-Pacific region. Under this agreement, TAE will offer heavy repair services, engines rentals, line replacement unit rotable pools and field service support to all existing and future M601 and H80 engines in the Asia-Pacific region. GE
Airbus and Lufthansa Technik have signed a contract for the completion of a further three ACJ318s. The contract signature is the latest development in the successful ACJ318 program-partnership between Airbus and Lufthansa Technik which started in 2006. This increases the overall number of Airbus ACJ318 completions at Lufthansa Technik to 22. Of these, 17 ACJ318s
Cessna Aircraft Co. has selected Honeywell to provide control systems, LASEREF navigation and state-of-the-art communications systems for the new Cessna Citation Latitude and Cessna Citation Longitude aircraft. The new business is expected to be worth up to $800m over the life of the program.
AAR received FAA certification of its new and improved Off Shore Airliner (OSA) interior design for Sikorsky’s S-92 fleet of offshore utility aircraft. In addition to the composite interiors for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter program, AAR also provides precision machining services for several hundred aircraft. AAR made the announcement from the National Business Aviation Association
Turkish Technic & Airblue signed C Check Maintenance Services Agreement for one Airbus A319. Maintenance will be carried at Turkish Technic’s facilities in Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2012.
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a contract by Eclipse Aerospace to manufacture cockpit windows for the new Eclipse 550 very light jet. Terms also include supplying improved-design windshield spares and side cockpit window spares to Eclipse for the existing Eclipse 500 fleet. The PPG windshields for both aircraft will be glass-faced acrylic
JetCorp Technical Services, the US-based operation of Canada’s Flying Colours Corp., has begun maintenance work on its 35th Challenger 300 aircraft. Maintenance work on the aircraft began in September and will include a full 96-month inspection, interior refurbishment, and new exterior paint. Uniquely JetCorp’s MRO business stays open 24 hours seven days a week running
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Kenya Airways to provide two firm B737-300SF 10 Pallet Configuration conversions, with options for two additional conversions to be started in 2013. The first two aircraft are high gross weight B737-300’s, (MSN 29088 and 29750) built in 1998 and 1999 respectively and will undergo freighter modification at AEI’s
