Australian aerospace company TAE, announced the purchase of the NAS Services APU, starter generator and electrical component maintenance capability from Cobham Aviation Services in Adelaide. Complementing the purchase, TAE has also obtained approval from Hamilton Sundstrand to be the regional Authorised Repair Facility (ARF) for the APS500 and APS1000 APUs from the Dash 8, Fokker
Goodrich Corporation and Hawaiian Airlines have signed an extension to their existing Prime Solutions® nacelle maintenance agreement to support the airline’s fleet of 18 Boeing 717-200 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce BR715 engines. The existing nacelle flight hour agreement provides maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, management of spare parts, rotables and dedicated Goodrich technical support.
MyTECHNIC, Istanbul, Turkey based aircraft MRO center received approval from General Administration of Aviation of China (CAAC). This approval will enable myTECHNIC to provide maintenance services for China registered aircraft, engines and components. Since its foundation, several airlines and leasing companies have chosen myTECHNIC for maintenance services from Middle East, CIS, Europe and Asia. In the
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, (Safran group), has won a major contract to supply wheels and carbon brakes for British Airways’ fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft, to be delivered starting in 2013. The contract covers 24 airplanes. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty already provides brakes for BA’s Airbus A320 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected by Contour Aerospace to provide the new ‘next-generation’ mcX Premium Modular Control System on Contour’s First Class Premium Seats for installation on commercial aircraft. The new mcX Premium Modular Control System was introduced by Crane last year at the annual Aircraft Interiors show in Hamburg. The patent-pending modular
AeroTurbine, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), has entered into an exclusive three-year Supply Chain Agreement supporting the pool access for CFM56-5B engine LRUs for the fleet of Czech Airlines, Holidays Czech Airlines and other third-party customers of Czech Airlines Technics.
Goodrich Corporation has signed a nacelle services agreement with BA CityFlyer for support of nacelles and thrust reversers in the airline’s fleet of Embraer 190 aircraft powered by General Electric CF34-10 engines. The five-year Prime Solutions® nacelle services agreement will be managed through Goodrich’s Prestwick Service Center in Scotland, which will provide local support to
AeroThrust Holdings, USA, has formally concluded a joint venture agreement with Bahraini partners to establish AeroThrust Gulf Aviation Services W.L.L, in Bahrain. This follows a proactive outreach and consultation process by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), to support the decision to invest in Bahrain, as well as continuing support around the registration process. This joint venture
CTAL, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace, opened a facility that will develop new composite aero engine components. The facility has been developed by CTAL to pilot pioneering manufacturing processes for aero-engine fan blades and fan-cases made of composite materials. Lighter, but as strong as traditional metal components, composite blades and cases could
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) contracted AFI KLM E&M to perform maintenance checks, repainting and modifications on two Boeing 737-800s. Subsequently, these aircraft were delivered to their new lessees, Caribbean Airlines and Transaero Airlines. At the MRO’s facilities at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport, the aircraft underwent a C check, then were painted and reconfigured to a new
