MRO & Production

Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by FARNAIR Europe to provide four firm B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration conversions, with an option for four additional conversions. The first aircraft, a high gross weight B737-400 will undergo freighter modification in August of 2013 at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet.

StandardAero Business Aviation has been certified as an authorized testing facility for the Honeywell TFE731-50 engine. The new testing capability is being offered at StandardAero’s Houston, Texas (IAH) facility. StandardAero conducted its first TFE731-50 engine test in April. The TFE731-50 is the most recent engine certified by Honeywell. StandardAero is the only facility, other than

Liebherr-Aerospace and Brit Air have signed a Repair-by-the-Hour agreement for components of the integrated air management systems (ATA 21, 25, 30, 36) on board the airline’s CRJ 700/1000 regional aircraft. Brit Air is a fully owned subsidiary of HOP, Air France’s regional carrier based in Morlaix (France). The five-year agreement ensures Brit Air component availability,

Delta TechOps, the maintenance division of Delta Air Lines, has received the Approved Organization Exposition (AOE) certificate of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB), creating opportunities for Delta TechOps to offer its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to operators licensed by the JCAB. The JCAB approval covers Turbine Engines (initially CFM56-5B series and CFM56-7B

Nextant Aerospace, maker of the Nextant 400XTi, the world’s only remanufactured business jet, has announced Jet Aviation Geneva as an authorized service center for Europe. Signed at EBACE, the contract will see Jet Aviation Geneva provide maintenance services for Nextant’s growing fleet of aircraft across the continent. Just last month the companies signed a similar

Embraer selected important suppliers for the second-generation E-Jets, whose commercial launch should occur this year. This new family of jets is expected to go into service in 2018. Intertechnique, a company belonging to the Zodiac Aerospace Group, will supply the systems for engine and APU fuel feed, pressure refueling, fuel transfer, fuel tank inerting and