MRO & Production

Nextant Aerospace, maker of the Nextant 400XT, the only remanufactured business jet, has announced Jet Aviation Singapore as its new authorized service center in Asia. The contract, which was signed at ABACE, will see Jet Aviation Singapore provide maintenance services for Nextant’s growing fleet of 400XTs in the region. As the company’s exclusive authorized service

After 20 months of construction and installation activities, MTU Aero Engines today inaugurated its new center of excellence for blisks at its premises in Munich. Numerous guests of honor from politics and industry had come to attend the cere-mony, among them State Minister and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery Thomas Kreuzer (Member of Bavaria’s

A J Walter Aviation (AJW), has signed a 5 year contract with Tajikistan based airline Somon Air, to provide power-by-the-hour support for its current fleet of two B737 Classics. This is AJW’s second PBH contract with Somon Air in as in January 2012 the airline chose AJW for a 5 year contract to provide support

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has selected Commercial Jet’s (CJ’s) new 400,000 ft² facility at the Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) in Dale County, Alabama as its forth AEI Authorized Conversion Center (AACC). Commercial Jet’s Alabama facility will provide 737-300SF, 737-400SF & MD80SF Passenger to Freighter Conversions and Maintenance for AEI customers. Commercial Jet’s Alabama facility joins a

Nexcelle’s role in the creation of next-generation integrated propulsion systems (IPS) has marked important milestones as hardware manufacturing is now underway for the innovative O-Duct on the CFM International LEAP-1C powerplant, and an inlet section for the GE Passport engine. These milestones underscore ongoing progress at Nexcelle’s two parent companies – Aircelle (Safran) and GE

Cessna Aircraft Company reported that the production for the Citation Latitude aircraft, first announced in October 2011, is on schedule and making progress toward completion of full airframes this year. “We’ve started building engineering test articles. The first prototype is expected to fly in Q1 2014,” said Terry Shriner, business leader for the Citation Latitude.

A J Walter Aviation (AJW) is to provide full ATA Chapter power-by-the-hour support for low cost cargo operator Air Incheon’s growing fleet of Boeing aircraft. The contract will commence with Air Incheon’s in-service B737-400F and expand to include a second aircraft this summer. AJW is also locating a main base kit consignment at Incheon International

Jet Aviation Hong Kong received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide line and base maintenance to Gulfstream G650 aircraft. With this approval, Jet Aviation Hong Kong joins the growing roster of company facilities authorized to provide maintenance, alterations and repair services to the new ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650. The Hong Kong maintenance facility

Royal Air Maroc and AFI KLM E&M, officially announced a new phase in the development of their Aerotechnic Industries (ATI) joint venture. Set up in 2009, the 50/50 joint venture between the two groups is now extending the scope of its activities to overhauls for Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) airframes. ATI is headquartered at