MRO & Production

Ascent Aviation Services signed a contract for an undisclosed value with AerSale, for heavy maintenance and refurbishment work on one B737-400, MSN 24493.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) entered into a long term contract with AFI KLM E&M for maintenance and engineering support of its GE90 engines, the primary workhorses of PAL’s fleet of Boeing 777-300Ers. The agreement covers on-site and on-wing maintenance, shop visits, component support, spare engines and engineering support for PAL’s extended range Boeing 777s.

The new Cameroon based Camair-Co airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a contract regarding line maintenance and component services for Camair-Co’s Boeing 737 NG and 767 aircraft. Within the two-year line maintenance contract Lufthansa Technik intends to hire and instruct up to ten local employees who will take over the line maintenance services from Lufthansa

On February 28th, the Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (the Manufacturing Centre), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, was inaugurated in Harbin, China. The new facilities will mainly be used to manufacture composite parts for the A350 XWB, Airbus

Kaman Corporation reported that its Composites Division (Kaman) has been awarded a contract for the Learjet 85 aircraft program. Kaman will manufacture composite passenger entry and over-wing exit doors. The Learjet 85 aircraft is a new mid-sized business jet built primarily from composites and features advances in aerodynamics, structures and efficiency. Kaman will build the

Source One Aircraft Repair (SOAR), an aftermarket leader in AOG and Field Repair Services, has added Certified Aviation Services (CAS), an FAA/EASA certified line and heavy maintenance provider to the SOAR Network for AOG and Heavy Repair Services globally. Source One Aircraft Repair is a global Aircraft on the Ground support company that provides aircraft

PrivatAir and Lufthansa Technik have taken their existing partnership to a new level with a much expanded Total Technical Support TTS contract. The main elements of the wide-ranging contract are the implementation of the Technical Operations Management TOM concept with Fleet Manager and service level agreements, coupled with the new Total Base Maintenance Support TBS

SR Technics and the Airberlin Group have agreed to expand their successful ten-year engine maintenance contract. Building on the existing accord, the two companies have signed a further agreement to deepen their engine maintenance partnership. The new contract covers exclusive maintenance services for more than 300 engines. This will include CFM56-7B, CFM56-5B, and PW4168 engines

Demonstrating its commitment to maintaining a robust quality-management system, Jet Aviation St. Louis has received AS9110 approval. The AS9110 standard includes specific requirements pertaining to maintaining the safety, reliability and airworthiness of commercial, private and military aircraft. It also employs a process approach to managing an organization

AeroTurbine, Miami, has signed a four year exclusive agreement with American Airlines. Under this agreement, AeroTurbine will have exclusive rights to purchase material deemed surplus by American Airlines and remarket the material globally. AeroTurbine and American Airlines will jointly run a warehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma to prepare the material for remarketing. Furthermore, AeroTurbine will locate