Ameco Beijing completed two Boeing 737-800 C-checks for Nok Air in June. It is the first time for Ameco to provide overhaul services for Nok Air. Nok Air is a new low-cost airline with one of the highest number of domestic routes now within Thailand. In recent years, Ameco is dedicated to expanding the 3rd
Cirrus Aircraft announced the expansion of its Grand Forks, N.D. facility to accommodate a new autoclave oven in preparation for production of the Vision SF50 jet. Modifications to the Grand Forks facility began in May and the autoclave was delivered on June 275th, when the installation process will begin. The building housing the autoclave will
Universal Asset Management reported the planned arrival of a Boeing 747-400 to their Tupelo, MS disassembly facility at the Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP) for immediate disassembly and sale. The jet airliner will be inducted through UAM’s End-of-Life Recycling Process.
Boeing has received FAA approval to fly Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures on the 787 fleet. Operators that fly RNP AR procedures significantly reduce fuel burn, emissions and airport congestion by flying precisely along a predefined route using advanced on-board navigation systems together with GPS-based global navigation satellite systems. As an
Precision Aviation Services (PAS) has been named a Robinson Helicopter Dealer and Service Center. PAS, formerly Gardner Aviation Services (GAS) is actively selling R22, R44 and R66 model Robinson Helicopters through its facility located at Falcon Field at the Atlanta Regional Airport (KFFC).
AVIOINTERIORS, Italy has received an order from ArkeFly, the Netherlands for Andromeda business class seats, to be installed on two B767-300ER’s. ArkeFly is a wholly-owned Dutch charter airline and part of travel company TUI Nederland. Andromeda business class seats will be delivered within the first quarter of 2014, to start service in April.
MTU Aero Engines is expanding its facility in Rzeszów in the south of Poland: MTU Aero Engines Polska, located in the Polish Aviation Valley, will add a new, 9,200-m² building, which will increase the area occupied by buildings by 50%. The total investment that will go into the project amounts to some €40m. “The expansion
Recently-formed Tunisian carrier Syphax Airlines has decided to entrust component maintenance for its first A330 to AFI KLM E&M. The two groups have already been working together at Roissy-CDG as part of a line maintenance agreement. The component support services delivered by AFI KLM E&M include repairs, dedicated access to the spares pool, and the
QET Tech Aerospace compliments its aviation airframe Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service with aircraft end-of-life service (recycling) which includes, parting out the usable aviation parts, disposing of the chemicals and non usable material in an environmentally safe way and recuperating the raw materials. It is estimated by the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) that
Direct Maintenance has started with providing dedicated line maintenance services to Air Arabia in support of its A320 operation at Nairobi (NBO) in Kenya. Air Arabia is a leading low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa. Air Arabia commenced operations in nearly 10 years ago in October 2003 and currently operates from Sharjah
