Eirtech Aviation has won a major contract with WestJet, for the installation and maintenance of advanced warning cabin pressurisation systems for Canada’s second largest airline. The work scope will be carried out on WestJet’s Boeing 737 fleet. Ireland’s Eirtech Aviation was chosen for presenting a solution that was both time-saving and also cost-effective, enabling the
AJW Technique, and Honeywell International have signed an Authorized Service Center Agreement and a Purchase Parts Agreement structured around a 5 year term. This will allow the new state-of-the-art AJW Group facility in Montreal, Canada to undertake the maintenance, repair and overhaul of specific products underpinned by direct access to Honeywell technical data and spare
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has been selected by FITS Aviation of Sri Lanka to provide two firm MD82SF 12 Pallet Configuration conversions. The first aircraft is an ex Alitalia MD82, (MSN 53217) built in 1993 and will soon be undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, Inc. which is located in Miami, Florida.
GA Telesis Composite Repair Group has received accreditation under ISO 9001/AS9110, Quality Management Systems – Requirements for aviation maintenance organizations as certified by QMI-SAI Global Certification Services. This certification covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft nacelles and structural airframe parts. This achievement gives GA Telesis Composite Repair Group visibility in the Online Aerospace
Bombardier officially opened its new wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast. Following the addition of close to 1,000 employees to its Northern Ireland workforce over the last two years, Bombardier announced that it will create at least 250 more employment opportunities over the next 12 months, to cater for its expanding aircraft programmes and
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines signed an agreement to double wire harness production at Ethiopian Airlines’ Wire Harness Facility. The Wire Harness Facility, based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, opened in 2009 and currently supplies seat-to-seat wire harnesses for all Boeing commercial airplane programs. Following this latest announcement Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines will place additional
FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further extending its cooperation with Asia-Pacific carriers by signing a PBH-support agreement with Jakarta-based cargo operator Cardig Air. Under the agreement FL Technics will provide spare parts supply for the carrier’s Boeing 737-300F fleet. According to the three-year long agreement, FL
UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Xiamen Airlines to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its fleet of 6 new Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in July 2014. The 787-8 carbon brakes use
Aviation Partners Boeing announced the order of up to 100 Split Scimitar Winglet Systems for Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft by Copa Holdings, S.A. This program is the culmination of a five year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all new Split Scimitar
Transaero Airlines, the first private airline in the Russian Federation, has signed with Aviointeriors, Italy, a LOI to purchase passenger seats for nine B777-200 aircraft, which soon will be part of the airline’s fleet. Transaero selected Venus, Perseus and Columbus Three seat models respectively, for their B777 First, Business and Economy Class. According to the
