MRO & Production

AAR’s aircraft maintenance operation in Lake Charles received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to work on European aircraft. It’s the latest milestone for the facility, which opened in September and specializes in wide-body aircraft. The Lake Charles repair station previously handled European aircraft under a short-term approval granted through AAR’s EASA-certified maintenance,

EPCOR can henceforth offer its expertise and MRO services to all carriers operating Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with the APS 5000 auxiliary power units (APUs) manufactured by Hamilton Sundstrand. The offer includes APU repair and maintenance including warranty repairs, along with the supply of spares. In the second half of 2014 EPCOR will have its

AgustaWestland signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to appoint STA Systems of Singapore, a subsidiary of ST Aerospace, as an Authorized Component Repair Centre for dynamic components of the AW109 range of light twin engine helicopters and the AW139 intermediate twin engine model. STA Systems plans to start operations by mid-2014, performing main and tail

THAI Smile, a subsidiary of THAI Airways and Airbus have extended their existing 15 years ‘Flight Hour Services – Tailored Support’ (FHS-TSP) contract, adding nine additional leased A320 aircraft to cover its entire fleet of 20 A320 aircraft. The contract provides an extensive scope of A320 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability through

Pratt & Whitney has signed an exclusive, three-year Engine Management Program (EMP) agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to maintain the airline’s fleet of 12 PW4152 installed engines. The Pratt & Whitney engines that are covered under this agreement power PIA’s fleet of A310 aircraft.

IAE International Aero Engines has awarded Singapore-based operator Tigerair the Pure-V designation for V2500 engines powering its aircraft. A Pure-V designated engine contains IAE-approved parts and repairs throughout the entire engine. The program was created to provide a designation IAE customers’ engines that have been maintained to OEM standards, for example those covered by a

AJW Aviation has signed a five year framework agreement with East Air the private carrier based in Tajikistan. The airline operates one A320-300 and one Boeing 737-400 aircraft and will be fully supported by AJW across the supply and repair of components, as well as AJW’s global AOG service. This end-to-end programme is backed up

Sabaidee Airways signed an agreement with Ameco Beijing during Singapore Airshow on February 12th, which covers customer’s fleet service from 2014 to 2018 including AOG support, airframe C/D check, engine repair/overhaul, LDG repair/overhaul.

Embraer Executive Jets has signed a contract with Hawker Pacific to provide full maintenance support to Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 customers in the Asia Pacific region. This agreement comes ahead of the Legacy 500 midsize jet’s entry into service in the first half of 2014. The Legacy 450 mid-light jet’s certification is expected a

Airbus and Satair opened their first joint parts support and distribution facility, “Satair Airbus Singapore Centre” (SASC), located at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore. The 16,700 m² facility will serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region, consolidating the supply chain operations of both Airbus and Satair. Building on both companies’ existing presence, SASC has the