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
Southwest Airlines expanded its OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation to cover a total of 196 CFM56-7B engines which power its Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and up to 100 CFM56-7B engines, that power recently acquired Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announced that Vector Aerospace Africa (Pty) engine repair and overhaul facility, located in Lanseria, South Africa, has been appointed a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-140 aircraft engine.
Rolls-Royce has signed a service support agreement with Thomson Airways for RB211-535 engines that power the airline’s Boeing 757 aircraft. The service support agreement has been designed specifically for Thomson and will support the airline’s Boeing 757 aircraft for the duration of their time in the fleet. Thomson Airways, part of the TUI Group, is
Werner Aero Services has placed complete sets of V2500-A5 nacelle components in New Jersey, USA and in Brussels, Belgium. The components are strategically positioned in these two locations to support its US and European customers with quicker turn around times. Werner Aero Services plans to continually add more V2500-A5 pool locations to faster reach its
GE Aviation hosted a ceremonial ground breaking on July 22nd, for a new $100m jet engine assembly facility in Lafayette, Indiana. The new 225,000-ft² facility in Lafayette will assemble the new LEAP engine of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of GE and Snecma (Safran) of France. CFM has logged total orders and commitments with
LOT Polish Airlines has selected Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, to overhaul the main and nose landing gear systems of their Embraer E-Jet E1 fleet, which comprises E170 and E175 aircraft. The contract was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow. In addition to MRO services, it includes an integrated support solution, which covers spare parts and engineering
