Bahrain based Aero Gulf Group released that the newly named Sola Engine Centre in Norway, which was purchased from Pratt & Whitney late 2013, can now deliver global operators of CFM 56 engines exceptional, industry recognised EGT margin and quality, through the investment, reorganisation and streamlining that has underpinned the Group’s strategic acquisition. It forms
Jet Aviation Basel has been selected to complete the interior of an Airbus corporate jet ACJ-A320 for an undisclosed head-of-state. The VIP aircraft will be delivered to the Basel Completions Center in the third quarter of 2014. Jet Aviation Basel was recently awarded a VIP cabin interior completions contract for a head-of-state ACJ-A320 aircraft. Configuration
Aeronautical Engineers reported that Vx Capital Partners have selected AEI to provide their first B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversion. The aircraft is a standard gross weight B737-400 (MSN 25109) built in 1994 and will undergo freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, in Miami Florida.
PEMCO World Air Services announced a new Boeing 737 freighter conversion partnership with COOPESA (Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales R.L.) in San Jose, Costa Rica. PEMCO’s expansion into Central America provides additional freighter conversion capacity to meet extraordinary demand for PEMCO’s market-leading B737-300 & -400 freighters – the only 737 freighter designed, built, certified and
UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating has signed an agreement with low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines to supply 30 shipsets of its Superlight seat. The deal which is worth an estimated £6m marks the company’s second major US client and equates to 5000 economy class seats including retrofitting five Spirit Airlines’ Airbus A319 aircraft
ATR Customer Support activities achieved outstanding results in 2013. The European regional aircraft manufacturer has signed this year 15 Global Maintenance Agreements (GMA) covering a total fleet of more than 160 additional aircraft. The cumulated value of all these contracts is over US$330m. This escalating success is due to ATR’s determination to build its own
Wencor Group has entered into significant long-term supply agreements with two major U.S. airlines. Both agreements leverage Wencor Groupʼs broad Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) parts portfolio and PMA development capabilities to reduce the component maintenance costs for these two leading airline partners. The first contract includes more than 500 PMA parts for use in components,
B/E Aerospace has extended and expanded an agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), to provide aerospace fasteners, hardware, consumables, and logistical services to UTC’s aerospace business units for their global operations. The agreement with UTC is through December 31, 2022 and is initially valued at approximately $950m. B/E Aerospace will supply UTC’s aerospace business units
Associated Air Center (AAC) has been awarded a new custom interior completion contract for a green Boeing 787-8 BBJ aircraft. The aircraft interior is already under full design review. AAC has also kicked off detailed planning, staffing, training and facilitization in anticipation of the green aircraft’s delivery from Boeing in mid-2014. The completion contract was
FL Technics Jets, a global provider of tailor-made maintenance, repair and overhaul services for business aviation has been granted certificate of approval to provide line and base maintenance services for Bombardier CL-600-2B19 family aircraft. The company has therefore added new aircraft type – a popular Bombardier CRJ100/200/440 and a CRJ200-derived high-class Bombardier Challenger 850 business
