On February 27, Ameco Beijing completed the first Boeing 737-800 cabin modification for Air China. The cabin modification of Air China Boeing 737-800 fleet aims at elevating cabin service quality and leading China aviation market, mainly including the work scope of the first class cabin layout modification and PC power system installation. Starting from April
Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines’ largest carrier, has appointed Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO”) as the provider of engineering services for its fleet of up to eight Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The HAECO group will provide Inventory Technical Management (ITM) and Fleet Technical Management (FTM) services for Cebu Pacific’s wide-body fleet of A330-300 aircraft. The
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched a Passenger to Freighter Conversion Program for Bombardier’s CRJ100 and CRJ200 aircraft. The program has been studied for over a year and the aircraft will be marketed as CRJ100 and CRJ200 Special Freighter (SF) aircraft. The program development costs are being fully funded by AEI. The modification touch labor
JetBlue Airways has signed a letter of intent with Airbus to acquire 110 ship-sets of retrofit Sharklets for the airline’s in-service A320 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2014. Just last week, JetBlue Airways unveiled the first of its A320 aircraft to be outfitted with Sharklets. Sharklets are newly designed wing tip devices that
UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Singapore Airlines to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its fleet of eight new Boeing 777LR aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in August 2013.
Honeywell Aerospace has extended its strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines, signing several agreements to increase the safety, efficiency and performance of its growing fleet of aircraft. Through these agreements, Honeywell will provide a range of avionics products for 58 new Boeing 737NG aircraft, scheduled to be delivered over the next five years. Honeywell will
JorAMCo won its first maintenance service contract with the Kazakhstan based airline Air Astana. JorAMCo will, among other things, perform C-checks on three of Air Astana’s Embraers 190. The first-time collaboration between the two companies is set to take place in March and June of this year, and with JorAMCo’s experience and expertise in delivering
STS Component Solutions announced the expansion of their service and support offerings into the helicopter and business jet markets. This growth is a result of the development of some new OEM partnerships that have been established with the Donaldson Company, Skurka Aerospace and Esterline Mason in addition to increasing the current portfolio support in these
Astra Airlines chooses Turkish Technic as the Landing Gear Maintenance Services Provider for its Airbus A320 aircraft. The newly signed contract is the first business agreement between the two parties. The services will be carried out at Turkish Technic Istanbul facilities in February 2013.
Jet Aviation Dubai received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide line and base maintenance to Gulfstream G650 aircraft. Jet Aviation Dubai was recently authorized to provide maintenance, alterations and repair services to the new ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650. This approval was highly anticipated by customers and the company is currently supporting G650 aircraft.
