MRO & Production

Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran), inaugurated the company’s new landing gear production facility at its plant in Mirabel, near Montréal. The inauguration represents the culmination of more than a year of construction, and total investments of C$58m. The company has received significant support from the Quebec government for its expansion and modernization program, through the Quebec Ministry of

On April 9th, Ameco Beijing completed Boeing 737-800 landing gear exchange and overhaul for Souty Korean based T’way Air. It is planned that Ameco will perform another Boeing 737-800 landing gear overhaul for the airline in November, 2014. T’way Air operates five Boeing 737-800 aircraft with regular and charter routes in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan,

Boeing Canada Winnipeg announced plans to increase its Murray Park Road manufacturing site by more than 22%, primarily to house new composites work for Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane. The building will be expanded by 14,000 m² to a total of 62,000 m² of manufacturing space. It will be used mainly to construct the one-piece composite

Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by Kahala Aviation of Ireland to provide two firm 737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration conversions, with options for two additional conversions to be started in May of 2013. The first aircraft, a B737-400, MSN 25052 was built in 1991 and will be converted at one of AEI’s North American Conversion Facilities.

The vertical tail section for the first A380 for Qatar Airways has been painted with the airline’s trademark oryx logo at Airbus facilities in Hamburg. The painting was completed earlier this week and the assembly of the airline’s first A380 is set to begin this month, for delivery in early 2014. The distinctive Qatar Airways

On April 19th, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the battery system improvements for the 787 Dreamliner, clearing the way for Boeing and its customers to install the approved modifications and consequently lead to a return to service and resumption of new production deliveries.

Boeing will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from two airplanes to 1.75 airplanes per month because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. Boeing will continue to monitor market conditions and their effect on production rates moving forward. The company expects long-term average growth in the air cargo market

Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS) is expanding its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) offer in the Asia-Pacific region even further: the cornerstone was laid on 18 April for two new LTS buildings at Bao’An International Airport in Shenzhen in southern China, where the company is headquartered. When they are complete, LTS will have doubled its workshop

Copa Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a five-year Total Component Maintenance (TCM) contract for the airline’s entire Boeing 737NG fleet, currently consisting of more than 60 Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft. Respective services will also be provided to aircraft due to be delivered to Copa Airlines in the next few years. Lufthansa Technik

Yunnan Jingcheng Group, one of China’s leading companies that specializes in construction & tourism, headquartered in Ruli, China, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a completion contract for a Boeing Business Jet. The project will start in November 2013 after the hand-over from the painting facility at Lufthansa Technik’s US-subsidiary BizJet International in Tulsa/Oklahoma.