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
Red-Eye Aerospace released that it has secured an ATR42-300 for teardown. The first wrench went on the plane this week at Avcraft located in South Carolina.
TrueAero received its first consigned A320 “End of Life” aircraft which has completed the part-out process and will now be re-distributed from TrueAero’s 50,000 ft² facility in Sebastian FL. One of the CFM56-5A engines will be placed on lease and the other parted out, significantly increasing the consignors net return.”
TP Aerospace Leasing has been chosen by Danish cargo airline Star Air to provide a long-term B767 Wheel Flat Rate (WFR) program in support of its 12ea B767 aircraft currently in operation. Star Air, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is one of Europe’s premier cargo airlines. With TP Aerospace Leasing’s highly flexible, cost effective
Air Namibia und Lufthansa Technik continuing their cooperation. The technical support provided since the airline began operating in 2006 is now being continued through a Total Technical Support TTS contract valid through 2018. As part of its comprehensive supply of the airline’s current long-haul fleet of two factory new Airbus A330s, Lufthansa Technik has been
Tigerair Australia has expanded its partnership with BAE Systems, creating up to 40 new jobs at three airports. BAE Systems is now delivering line maintenance services for Tigerair’s fleet of A320 aircraft at Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane airports for the next five years. Line maintenance provides overnight checks on terminating aircraft and 24 hour coverage
