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
Boeing will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from 1.75 airplanes to 1.5 airplanes per month through 2015 because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. “This production adjustment better aligns us with near-term demand while stabilizing our production flow, and better positions the program to offer the 747-8’s compelling
StandardAero has signed an exclusive, two-year maintenance agreement with Air Nostrum for 31 auxiliary power units (APUs). The APUs are manufactured by Honeywell – Model RE220RJ. All work will be performed in the U.S. at StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn., facility. Air Nostrum is an independent regional airline based in Valencia, Spain.
Rolls-Royce North America officially opened its second outdoor jet engine test stand, an investment of $50m, at the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Test Facility at NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss. The new jet engine test stand will play a key role in the company’s development of next generation technology that
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) announced the redelivery of its second special mission 737-400C to Safair for operation in Africa. This versatile PEMCO-built Combi will be used primarily in support of global humanitarian and charitable relief organizations. This latest delivery is a 737-400 Combi with PEMCO designed “Swiss army knife” cargo loading system, capable of
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group has signed licensing agreements with Boeing modifications of the B767-200/300 and the B747-400, including passenger to freighter conversions. The agreements apply to 72 DSF767-200/300 aircraft and 29 BDSF747-400 aircraft previously converted by IAI for various customers, as well as future IAI conversions. Bedek Aviation Group has been a
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) released that its aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has secured new orders worth about $600m in the third quarter of 2013. The new orders involve projects ranging from airframe, component and engine maintenance, to commercial airline cabin retrofit and freighter conversions. Included in the 3Q2013 contracts is an
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has extended its long-term titanium products supply agreement with Boeing. The extension agreement covers value-added titanium mill products and provides opportunity for greater use of ATI’s next-generation and advanced titanium alloys in both long product and flat-rolled product forms.
MTU Maintenance Dallas, MTU Maintenance’s center of excellence for on-wing and on-site services, has moved to a new facility thereby expanding its engine maintenance business and associated storage capacity. The new building has a floor space of 3,800 m² – more than three times the size of the old shop – and six engine maintenance
Final assembly of the first MRJ flight test aircraft under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries got underway on October 15th, at the Komaki South Plant of MHI’s Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works located in Aichi Prefecture. The start of final assembly follows the October 13th transfer of the aircraft’s mid fuselage fabricated
