Airbus has selected Sabena technics for a five-year maintenance agreement for the performance of C-checks on its A300-600ST Beluga fleet. The work will be performed at Sabena technics facility in Bordeaux, France which has five separate hangar positions large enough to accommodate the Beluga aircraft. The fleet of five Beluga aircraft is operated by Airbus
Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America received the certificate with full approval as a Eurocopter-qualified service center for the AS332 helicopter family. Presented at the Heli-Expo 2013 industry show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the certification includes O&I and I+ level airframe servicing, and allows Vector to perform major inspections, upgrades and retrofits on all AS332 Super
Turbomeca signed a Support By the Hour (SBH) contract with Phoenix Heli-Flight regarding its fleet of Arriel 1D1 following delivery of the two new AS350B2. This contract will cover all the Turbomeca engines in the Phoenix Heli-Flight fleet. By signing this contract, Phoenix Heli-Flight becomes the largest Canadian operator under Turbomeca SBH program. Phoenix Heli-Flight
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) has received an update of PART-145 certificate. The update authorizes LOTAMS to extend the scope of work with: Embraer EMB-135 with Allison AE3007 engines, Boeing B737 600/900 with CFM56 engines. Currently, LOTAMS supports in line maintenance for all four models of B737 NG aircraft with CFM56 engines. Part-145 was given
Nordwind Airlines signed C Check maintenance contracts for its two Airbus A321 Aircraft with Turkish Technic. The services will be carried out at Turkish Technic Istanbul facilities in March 2013. Nordwind Airlines, LLC is a charter airline from Russia. The company is headquartered in Moscow, with the city’s Sheremetyevo International Airport being the most important
GE Aviation, Hamble has achieved a major program milestone with the delivery of its initial production wing fixed trailing edge components for the first A350 XWB to fly – ‘MSN001’. The first A350 XWB-MSN001 is now structurally complete and is currently undergoing ground testing in Toulouse. The A350 XWB wing fixed trailing edge package is
Etihad Airways has opened a line maintenance base at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the UAE flag carrier’s seventh outside Abu Dhabi and its first in the United States. The new facility is equipped with the latest technology and will perform all scheduled and non-scheduled line maintenance for Etihad Airways’ daily Boeing 777 aircraft flying into
MacCarthy Aviation has been awarded another significant contract with British Airways to refurbish three more ship sets of galleys for B767 aircraft. British Airways is currently carrying out a refresh of the majority of its B767 fleet and the contract awarded to MacCarthy consists of galley refurbishments on long haul aircraft. The work package consists
UTC Aerospace Systems has been chosen by Pratt & Whitney as the exclusive nacelle provider for both engine models for Embraer’s new Second Generation E-Jet aircraft. The nacelle systems will be provided by the Aerostructures business unit headquartered in Chula Vista, Calif. The Embraer Second Generation E-Jets will be equipped with Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by USA Jet of Belleville Michigan to provide one MD83SF 12 Pallet Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, an MD83, MSN 49791 was built in 1989 and is currently undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, which is located in Miami, Florida. This is the first
