MRO & Production

Precision Aircraft Solutions has received approval from EASA to convert 757-200 passenger aircraft with winglets to freighter and combi configurations. The authorization allows European customers to benefit from the significant fuel savings and enhanced payload capacity derived from Precision’s winglet-compatible conversions. This EASA approval is Precision’s first since restructuring earlier this year. Today with five

Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services (AMES), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to perform heavy and line maintenance services on Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. The capability for Airbus complements the broad range of services in heavy maintenance, line maintenance, engineering, component

Boeing released that final assembly of the 787-10, the newest and longest member of the 787 Dreamliner family of airplanes, will take place exclusively in North Charleston, S.C. Boeing will continue to assemble both 787-8s and 787-9s in Everett, Wash., and North Charleston. Design of the 787-10 is underway in Everett, with final assembly of

UTC Aerospace Systems’ Landing Systems business marked a major milestone when it delivered its 5,000th set of landing gear for a Next-Generation 737 to Boeing. The gear components were delivered from their final integration site, the Landing Systems facility in Everett, Washington. The Everett facility supports the Boeing production line through provision of fully integrated

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.

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.