Lufthansa Technik AG is once again expanding its involvement in the provision of technical support for the Boeing 787, after signing an agreement with Air Canada. Canada’s largest airline has signed a 12-year Total Component Support TCS contract with Lufthansa Technik, starting with the delivery of the first aircraft from Boeing to Air Canada in
Turkish Airlines will become the first European airline to operate A320 Family aircraft with production-retrofitted Sharklet wingtip devices. This will follow the installation, which has just been completed, by Turkish Technic MRO of Sharklets onto the first of nine A321s to be retrofitted for Turkish Airlines. All nine aircraft will be upgraded for the airline
Boeing released that low-speed wind tunnel tests have begun for the Boeing 777X, a major milestone in airplane development. Testing started on Dec. 5 at QinetiQ’s test facility in Farnborough, U.K. Wind tunnel models allow experts to test many different configurations for the airplane. Low-speed tests measure airplane performance with a variety of high-lift surface
FL Technics, a global provider of comprehensive aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced its plans to invest almost US$4m into high-tech aircraft maintenance equipment at its newly-launched MRO hangar in Kaunas, Lithuania. The latest equipment will support new FL Technics 8000 m² MRO centre in servicing both narrow and wide body modern aircraft,
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, and Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF) have signed a five-year service agreement for component repairs in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under this agreement, GMF will act as SR Technics’ regional support workshop for approximately 150 part numbers, and will develop its existing in-house repair capabilities accordingly. SR Technics
Lufthansa Technik and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) signed a comprehensive engine support contract. The German company will look after the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines of the six Airbus A310s in PIA’s fleet. The five-year contract covers spare engine support, engineering services, logistics and repair and overhaul. The new partnership follows the recent signing of
FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made solutions for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, successfully develops its Line Maintenance support network by launching two new Line Stations in Lviv, Ukraine and Kutaisi, Georgia. The company also plans to open a Line Station in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya. The new stations at Lviv
Mesa Air Group signed an 11-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its 138 CF34-8 engine fleet. The agreement is valued at $350m over the life of the agreement. Mesa currently operates 71 aircraft with approximately 396 daily system departures to 77 cities, and recently announced an additional 30 CF34-powered ERJ175
Aeronautical Engineers released that Kahala Aviation of Ireland has converted one of two options secured in April 2013 to a firm order. The third aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 25372) built in 1992 and is currently undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet Services in Dothan Alabama. The B737-400
The Columbus Two first shipset B737-800 has been presented and delivered to Air Niugini. Columbus Two, the seat model for medium-range applications, has so become a certified reality and it will make its first flight in January 2014. The Columbus family, the range of Aviointeriors’ lightweight economy class seats presented in Hamburg just a year
