Telair International, a subsidiary of U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractor AAR, announced delivery of the 400th advanced lower deck cargo system to the Airbus fuselage production line in Hamburg. Telair has been a supplier of individual components involved with cargo loading systems for the Airbus aircraft since the 1970’s and will become the single-source supplier
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has obtained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to upgrade all previous TCAS 7.0 installations on Boeing 737s and Boeing 757s to the new TCAS 7.1 standard, and has won business from three airlines. For retrofit aircraft this new standard is mandatory from December 1st, 2015, for all aircraft flying in
Sabena technics develops its Sharklet retrofit capability. The Sharklets will allow fuel efficiency improvement, payload/range capability increase, and environmental impact reduction thus bringing notable benefits to the customers’ operations. Constantly looking to improve aircraft operational use, Sabena technics has already developed the capability to perform the production retrofit on sharklet-ready wings on the Airbus A320
328, the Germany-based refurbishment, completions and maintenance aviation company and part of the 328 Group, has won a contract to manufacture an Airbus A340-600 rear galley complex for Jet Aviation Basel, Switzerland. The manufacture will be undertaken at 328’s Headquarters in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany with installation to take place at Jet Aviation in Basel. The project
AJW Aviation has signed a five year contract with SmartLynx, the Latvian based wet-lease and charter specialist. This new power by-the-hour agreement sees the relationship between AJW and SmartLynx extending to 2019, following on from a successful five year PBH agreement signed in 2009. The European airline provides full charter operation for its home markets
UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating reported a highly successful 2013 and a very promising start to 2014. The company announced firm orders into the fourth quarter of 2014 with recent confirmed orders for the retrofitting of five Spirit Airlines’ Airbus A319 aircraft with its Superlight seat this spring and installation on 25
Ethiopian Airlines signed a three-year contract with Ameco Beijing for engine overhaul services. Based on the contract, Ameco Beijing will overhaul six RB211s for the African carrier in the next three years from 2014 to 2016. The first engine is due to layover in April. This is the second three-year contract Ameco Beijing signed with
Aegean Airlines took delivery of the first three A321 shipsets of Columbus Two, the seat model for medium range applications that belongs to the Columbus Family, Aviointeriors’ lightweight economy class products. The delivery program will continue over the coming weeks on a tight schedule in order to support the growing commitments of the Greek airline
Air Services, a Directional Capital company specializing in off-wing services and commercial maintenance, expanded their capabilities to now include hydrostatic services. “We have completed the required DOT certification and FAA approval to support all hydrostatic testing and capabilities. We expanded our composite and accessory facility by an additional 5,000 sq. feet to house this new
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has recently deployed SMART (Specialised Monarch AOG Response Team) to carry out engine repairs for Mega Maldives Airlines. Under terms of the agreement, MAEL’s highly skilled engineers were despatched from the UK to the Maldives and successfully carried out acoustic panel repairs on the international airline of the Republic of Maldives’
