Kenya Airways has selected AFI KLM E&M to provide component support services for a total of nine Boeing 787 Dreamliners currently on order and scheduled for delivery between March 2014 and end-2015. Billed power by the hour, the contract also includes pool access and a Main Base Kit pre-positioned at the client’s Nairobi base.
Romanian aerospace company Aerostar has won a contract from Tanzanian-based low-cost carrier Fastjet for the heavy maintenance of two of the airline’s fleet of three Airbus A319 airliners. The first of the aircraft arrived at Aerostar’s Bacau facility in February for its annual ‘C’ check and was redelivered on March 13, with the second aircraft
Embraer inaugurated a new Service Center for its executive jets, on March 27th, at Bertram Luiz Leupolz (SOD) Airport, in the city of Sorocaba, Brazil. The Company’s new facility, which involved an investment of more than US$25m, is expected to generate up to 250 direct and specialized jobs over the coming years. The 20,000-m² area
MTU Maintenance has signed a new contract with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco for the maintenance and on-wing support services of its General Electric CF34-8E engines. The contract covers all engines powering Aramco’s Embraer ERJ-170 fleet and has a duration of five years. MTU Maintenance has been a reliable provider for the maintenance
MidairUSA signed an aircraft maintenance agreement with Aircastle Advisor, which included the first in a series of lease return MRO services and a heavy C check. For over a decade Midair exclusively provided support for Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest carrier. The Rome, New York/Melbourne, Florida based operations have successfully maintained services for Transaero aircraft,
HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance will invest around €30m at Hahn Airport, Germany, within the next two years,” explains Michael Bock, CEO and Managing Director of HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH. This amount includes the purchase of the existing hangar 900, the construction of a larger hangar with more than 12,000 m² including offices and shops – ready
Best Fly Maintenance will open a new part 145 Line Station at Luanda International Airport in the fourth quarter of 2014 to offer high quality maintenance services. The new station will offer line maintenance tasks, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance checks for Gulfstream G450/550, Falcon 900, Falcon 7x or Beechcraft King Air family aircraft types. Overall,
Aeronautical Engineers reported that Vx Capital Partners has ordered their second AEI B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversion. The aircraft is a high gross weight 737-400 (MSN 28490) built in 1996 and will be converted at Airod Aerospace’s Kuala Lumpur facility, which is one of five authorized AEI Conversion Centers worldwide. This order will bring Vx
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, a provider of comprehensive supply chain management services to the global aerospace industry, announced the extension of an existing just-in-time contract with GKN Aerospace through December 31st, 2017. The extension expands the number of stock keeping units (“SKUs”) and the scope of the services provided by Wesco Aircraft for GKN’s activities in
AJW Aviation has signed a CFM56-7 fan blade exchange agreement with Danish airline Primera Air. The five year agreement covers the airline’s entire fleet, consisting of six Boeing 737-800s and two 737-700s. Founded in 2003, Primera Air is headquartered in Copenhagen and offers flights to over seventy destinations worldwide. The AJW Fan Blade Set Exchange
