Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services and Aeroflot Russian Airlines have agreed to the airline’s 15th 767 C-check for induction this month at Boeing Shanghai’s facility at Pudong Airport. The new agreement celebrates and continues a successful business cooperation that began in 2010 with the launch of Boeing Shanghai’s 767 and 777 maintenance support programs. Boeing Shanghai’s
Jet Aviation Teterboro received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to perform base and line maintenance on Gulfstream G650 aircraft. Jet Aviation’s Teterboro repair station is now authorized by the FAA to provide base, line, repair and overhaul maintenance support to Gulfstream G650 aircraft. This authorization also extends to Jet Aviation’s Cayman AMO, Bermuda
Boeing has selected GKN to manufacture the Advanced Technology Winglet for the 737 MAX. Production of the winglets will take place at the GKN site at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, with final assembly at GKN’s facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Already a market success, the 737 MAX has more
Ducommun has received a multiyear contract from Parker Aerospace to produce complex printed circuit board assemblies for use in the fuel management system of the Airbus A350 family of commercial aircraft. The award has a potential value in excess of $20m over the contract period, and is expected to begin production in mid-2014. Ducommun also
AJW Aviation, a leading independent complete aircraft spares support specialist, has signed a five year power-by-the-hour contract with European airline WOW air. The initial contract is to provide on-going support for one of the airline’s A320 aircraft. WOW air which is based in Iceland, is the country’s only low-cost carrier since acquiring its predecessor Iceland
Aeronautical Engineers has selected AIROD Aerospace Technology (AAe) as their fifth authorized AEI Conversion Center (ACC). AAe has a seven hangar MRO facility and will begin providing AEI B737-300SF & B737-400SF Passenger to Freighter (PTF) Conversions in the first quarter of 2014 for AEI customers. AEI now has a total of 10 conversion lines spread
HAITEC reported that it performed the first C-check on a Boeing B777 for EuroAtlantic, at the company’s hangar at Hahn Airport, Germany. “It’s the first time that we got the opportunity to do a C-Check on a B777!” said Michael Bock, CEO of HAITEC. The company already supported other airlines with Line Maintenance services on
Airbus and Thales have signed a long-term service agreement in support of Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS) and Tailored Support Package (TSP) programmes for A320, A330, A340, A380 and A350XWB aircraft. This component support agreement covers the procurement of Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) spare parts and component services including test, repair and overhaul, loans, exchanges
Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) has delivered the first complete main fuselage assembly it has produced for Eurocopter EC725 and EC225 helicopters, marking a significant milestone in the companies’ industrial partnership. This no. 1 assembly – consisting of the integrated upper and lower fuselage sections – was built at IAe’s Bandung, Indonesia facility in West Java. It
Cardiff Aviation has partnered with Serco to provide painting and surface finishing services to commercial and government organisations in the aerospace, engineering and automotive sectors from their facilities at St Athan, Aerospace Business Park, South Wales. The new partnership combines Cardiff Aviation’s industry expertise and rapidly developing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services with Serco’s
