Israir Airlines, a successful provider of scheduled and chartered flights from Israel, is relying on the services of Lufthansa Technik within the framework of a Technical Operations Management (TOM) contract. The core elements of the contract are maintenance services, with a permanent establishment having been set up at Tel Aviv airport especially for this purpose.
GE Aviation and Bristow Group signed the first engine service agreement for the CT7-2E1 turboshaft engine powering the new, twin-engine AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter. This agreement expands the long standing GE – Bristow partnership by adding their new AW189 helicopters to Bristow’s global fleet of Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) service agreement maintained engines.
Airbus has decided to increase production of its best-selling single-aisle aircraft family to 46 a month in Q2 2016, up from the current rate 42. The new higher production rate will be achieved gradually, with an intermediate step at 44 aircraft per month in Q1 2016. Over the past five years, Airbus has steadily increased
After having been selected to develop, manufacture, qualify and certify the integrated air management system for the C919 single-aisle aircraft in 2010, Liebherr-Aerospace recently delivered the first bleed air system to Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC. The system, which consists of bleed valves, a pre-cooler, a heat exchanger, high-pressure ducting and corresponding pressure and temperature sensors
Aerostructures Assemblies Ind ia(AAI), has rolled out the first batch of A380 structural assemblies on 21st February, 2014 from their facility in Belgaum (India). The assemblies will be delivered to Saab, Linkoping (Sweden). Saab would in turn deliver the assemblies to Airbus, Filton (UK). These assemblies are part of the mid and outer leading edge
Aeromexico has ordered Split Scimitar Winglets for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft. APB’s newest program is the culmination of a five-year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all-new Split Scimitar Winglet. The unique feature of the Split Scimitar Winglet is that it
GA Telesis Engines Services (GATES) has successfully upgraded and tested its first General Electric CF6-80C2B1F aircraft engine in its test cell after installing the latest and most current adapter technology. This dynamic enhancement gives GATES the capability to overhaul all CF6-80C2B engines for Boeing aircraft, including the B1F, B4F, B6F, and B7F engine models. “This
Sabena technics has been awarded the design and VIP cabin integration contract for a new Boeing Business Jet 737-700. The VIP completion teams have already started the design and engineering and are looking forward to welcoming the aircraft in Sabena technics’ facility in Bordeaux in March 2015. This signature grants Sabena technics with the «
Air Services, a Directional Capital company specializing in off-wing services and commercial maintenance, have concluded a general terms agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace for support of the landing gears on the Embraer E-Jet 170/175/190/195 family aircraft and the nose landing gear on the ERJ-145 aircraft.
StandardAero has signed an exclusive, multi-year agreement with Air Mauritius for engine maintenance support on their fleet of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW 127M engines which power their ATR 72 aircrafts. The exclusive contract supports all scheduled and unscheduled events. Work will be performed at StandardAero’s European Service Center in Tilburg, The Netherlands and at
