AAR is acquiring inventory and customer contracts from Sabena technics Brussels and expects the transaction to close in the first week of April. The agreement includes ongoing power-by-the-hour support for 13 customers, which AAR’s Aviation Supply Chain division will handle from its new facility at the Brussels Airport. In addition to supporting the customers that
AAR has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to provide support for 30 new Embraer 175 aircraft operated by Mesa Airlines. The 12-year agreement will include rotable inventory power by the hour (PBH) support, heavy maintenance, and wheel and brake services. AAR will utilize its broad services offering to provide this comprehensive fleet support under
Associated Air Center (AAC), StandardAero’s Large Transport Category VIP completion center in Dallas, Texas, has signed its 12th BBJ 12-year inspection with Star Aviation. In addition to having completed to date 24 “green” BBJ interiors, achieving this heavy maintenance inspection milestone makes AAC one of the most experienced BBJ completion center. The work scope for
More than 30 years ago, MTU Aero Engines set out to develop its first brush seal. The innovative components are suitable for use not only in aircraft engines – as, for example, in Pratt & Whitney’s successful family of PurePower geared turbofans –, but also in steam and gas turbines, pumps and a variety of
PPG Industries announced plans to invest more than $27m in its San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, coatings manufacturing facility. The expansion project will add four new buildings to the current complex, representing approximately 100,000 ft² of additional production and laboratory space. The company officially initiated the expansion on March 18th, with a groundbreaking event
Bruce Aerospace has added Luxair to its growing list of customers for its popular XLume B737NG LED Lighting product line. The first installation took place on 25th November 2013, at the Luxair facility in Luxembourg and the aircraft is now in commercial service. The product line offers airlines a drop-in replacement for the OEM supplied
Boeing and Turkish Airlines are marking the delivery of the first commercial airplane – a Next-Generation 737-800 – outfitted with galleys manufactured by Turkish Cabin Interiors (TCI). Turkish Airlines will receive nine more 737s this year equipped with TCI galleys. TCI is the first Turkish aerospace manufacturing company to design, manufacture and certify products for
Airbus has started final assembly of the first A320neo at its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France), with the join-up of the forward and aft fuselage sections which recently arrived from St. Nazaire in France and Hamburg in Germany respectively. Once this phase is completed, the next stage is the wing to fuselage join-up.
Fokker Elmo, part of Fokker Technologies, has signed a contract with Snecma (Safran) valued at $60m for the delivery of Engine Build-up Units (EBU) electrical harnesses for the LEAP engine, a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE. The LEAP engine was selected by Airbus for its A320 Neo,
Additive manufacturing technology is rapidly spreading from one industry sector to the next. In the field of aero engine construction, Munich-based MTU Aero Engines has achieved a breakthrough: As one of the first companies to use the new technique, MTU produced components for production engines this past May. These parts – borescope bosses for the
