Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has enjoyed a busy 12 months completing the expansion of its central European HQ in Mönchengladbach, near Dusseldorf, Germany, with an enhanced facility, effectively twice the size. It now offers a new, second large hangar (4,300 m²) including workshops and storage, plus space for six ATR 42/72 aircraft. The overall 8,500
FL Technics is further expanding its cooperation with CIS carriers by signing a new base maintenance agreement with a Russian carrier Yamal Airlines. Under the agreement, FL Technics will support Yamal’s Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its MRO hangars, located in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. At the moment Yamal Airlines operates a fleet
Turkish Technic, the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) arm of Turkish Airlines, and Honeywell Aerospace have extended their long term aftermarket partnership. Based at Istanbul’s Atatürk and Sabiha Gokcen Airports, Turkish Technic will now offer depot-level MRO services for all Honeywell 131-9B APUs on Boeing 737 aircraft worldwide. The new contract builds on the existing
Aero Asahi Corporation and its subsidiary Central Helicopter Service, have signed with Turbomeca (Safran) a 5 year extension of the SBH (“Support By the Hour”) contract covering their fleet of Arriel 2 and Arriel 1E2 engines. More than 50 engines powering AS350B3/AS365N3/S76C+ and BK117C2 helicopters are now maintained through the SBH program and used for
Aleris reported that its new rolling mill in Zhenjiang, China has attained qualification to supply aluminum aerospace plate to Bombardier Aerospace. The achievement of this milestone represents a significant step for Aleris towards supplying aluminum plate from its Zhenjiang mill for use in the production of various Bombardier aircraft. Aleris has supplied aluminum aerospace plate
In August 2014, Ameco Beijing and Austrian Airlines signed a contract for six aircraft C-checks, including 4 Boeing 767 and 2 Boeing 777 aircraft. The layover will start from November 2014 to March 2015.
PacAvi Group is spearheading a new program for conversions of Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft from passenger-to-freighter configuration. PacAvi Group CEO, Dr. Stephan Hollmann, commented on the project: “We view this as an exciting opportunity. There are currently about 600 freighters of the size category of the A320 and A321 operating globally, and this
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services – North America (HS-NA) officially announced that it is an Airbus Helicopters D-Level certified repair center for the AS350/AS355 and EC130 helicopters. D-Level structural repairs include landing gear, main gear box, engine and component attachment points as well as fuselage / tailboom, vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer junction. Vector HS-NA’s technical
UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures business formally inaugurated a new building dedicated exclusively to production of thrust reversers and the integration of nacelle systems for the Airbus A350 XWB at its Toulouse, France site. The opening of the building, operated by Goodrich Aerospace Europe S.A.S., features an innovative robotic thrust reverser assembly line. The new building
Airbus Group and Aerion Corporation have agreed to collaborate on technologies associated with the future of high-performance flight. To further their mutual objectives, both companies will exchange knowledge and capabilities in design, manufacturing and certification. For Aerion, this means collaboration to advance the development and commercialization of the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet. Under the
