MRO & Production

Building on its success as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), NORDAM has won a second transparencies contract with French aviation leader Dassault. In addition to manufacturing the cabin window assemblies for Dassault’s Falcon 900/2000, NORDAM’s Tulsa, Okla.-based Transparency Group will provide cabin windows for its large cabin, long-range business jet. Siegfried noted that the company

Dassault Aviation has selected Liebherr-Aerospace as supplier of the air management system for the new Long-Range Large Cabin Falcon 5X business jet. The Falcon 5X is Dassault Aviation’s next generation twin-engine business aircraft program. Liebherr’s scope of supply covers the design, development, manufacturing and service of the air conditioning system together with the cabin pressure

Comlux Aviation Services has successfully delivered an ACJ319, the Head of State of Malaysia aircraft operated by Jet premier One. Since the arrival of the aircraft in June 2013, the dedicated engineers, technicians and craftsmen of Comlux have performed the maintenance tasks required for C4 and the 6-year checks and have reworked major parts of

UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Dassault Aviation to supply the Ram Air Turbine System, the SmartProbe Air Data System (ADS), the Fire Protection System and the Throttle Control Unit for its latest Falcon 5X Business Jet. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTX), will provide the systems through its Electric

PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has designed uniquely shaped, lightweight glass windshields and side cockpit windows for the new Dassault Falcon 5X business jet that accentuate the cockpit’s aerodynamics and afford expansive visibility. According to Mark Hood, PPG global market director for general aviation transparencies, PPG is under contract with Dassault Aviation to provide production

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), its joint venture with the Boeing Company, has launched its new Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) program for the Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) family of aircraft. The announcement to launch the BBJ SSW comes on the heels of similar announcements from APB for the Boeing 737 NG airliners earlier this year. Using

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an engine service agreement with Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) for the support of Beechcraft King Air series turboprops and Hawker business jets. Under this agreement, P&WC will provide HBS with comprehensive engine support, including repair, hot section inspection and overhaul, for PT6A-powered Beechcraft King Air turboprops, PW305B-powered Hawker

In the next weeks Lufthansa Technik will finalize its cabin installation work on two VIP completion projects from undisclosed customers in its Hamburg hangars. The first one, a BBJ 2, will be delivered back to the customer in December 2013. The second one, a Boeing 767-400FSER, is planned to be handed over to its owner

UK-based passenger aircraft seat manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating has announced that Braathens Regional, the Swedish wet lease and charter company, will be the first operator to fly with its newly modified seats in Saab 340 and 2000 aircraft. Developed in cooperation with global defence and security company, Saab, Acro will supply 13 shipsets equating to

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) redelivered the first of three B737-400SF 11 Pallet freighters to Yangtze River Express of Shanghai. The first freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 28759) built in 1998. The conversion was performed at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services in Shanghai China. This is AEI’s 14th of