MRO & Production

Eurocopter expanded its global industrial footprint and enhanced the company’s presence in Mexico with the inauguration of a new manufacturing center of excellence at Querétaro, which is to produce high-technology aircraft structural metallic components. Located at the Aerotech Industrial Park adjacent to Querétaro Intercontinental Airport, this 12,000 m² facility will be the single-source production site

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, successfully expands its landing gear and spare parts capabilities, having recently purchased ten Bombardier CRJ 100/200 and Boeing 737-300/400/500 landing gear sets to be dismantled for parts and components. The escalating demand for regional aircraft and ongoing popularity of Boeing 737 CL

Fokker Services released that Trade Air, a privately owned company established in 1994 in Zagreb Croatia, operating under the brand name SunAdria, has decided to enter into a FLYFokker ABACUS program for its Fokker 100 aircraft. Under this program Fokker Services will provide component support, including forward exchange and reconditioning services, covering the major line

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has won another contract for its rate-per-flying-hour aircraft spares support service to bring the total value of business from this service to £35m over the past twelve months from seven airlines. The latest contract is with Eastern Airways of the UK and covers a three-year support deal for the airline’s fleet

Air Pacific, Fiji’s national airline has contracted Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) to provide support for its incoming A330-200 fleet. The agreement includes technical fleet management services, component repair, and availability via dedicated logistics support, access to AFI KLM E&M’s dedicated regional A330 spares pool, and the supply of an

Precision Conversions has reached an agreement with Goodyear, Arizona based AeroTurbine, MRO Facility, to provide 757-200PCF Freighter and 757-200PCC Combi modifications for the company. Additional services provided by AeroTurbine will include regular maintenance checks, aircraft painting and avionics modifications. AeroTurbine is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). Precision Conversions currently has

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the MD80SF Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The STC, ST02434LA includes the conversion of the MD81, MD82, MD83 & MD88 models of which there were 779 passenger units manufactured. The prototype aircraft is an MD82SF MSN 49470 built in

Lufthansa Technik Switzerland (LTSW) in Basel has been unable to sustain its operations and will be closing its two Line Maintenance and Logistics Services businesses on 30th April 2013. This plant closure will lead to 31 redundancies. Another 29 employees will have the opportunity to stay on as employees of SWISS at the Basel site.

Embraer, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. and TRIP Linhas Aéreas signed a renewal and expansion contract for the Pool services, on support for more than 350 spare parts and all repairable components of the hydraulic, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic and propulsion systems for their E-Jets. The renewal means the agreement will be extended until 2020, representing