Qantas has completed a review of its heavy aircraft maintenance and engineering operations in Australia and will consolidate heavy maintenance work into Brisbane and Avalon. The restructure is necessary as there is currently not enough heavy maintenance work required for three separate facilities and the introduction of new technology and modern aircraft means there will
ST Aerospace released that further to an announcement in February 2012, it has signed agreements with Airbus, EADS and EADS EFW for a collaboration to launch the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programme. Under the agreements, ST Aerospace will subscribe to new shares in EADS EFW, representing 35% of the enlarged share capital of EADS EFW,
OGMA extended the scope of its approval by the Ukrainian Aviation Authority, to get the recognition that allows performing maintenance services for Airbus A320 family aircraft registered in the Ukraine. OGMA has already conducted maintenance on engines AE3007 and Embraer E-Jets / ERJ145 families from Ukrainian registered aircraft.
Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has received approval from the FAA demonstrating compatibility for installing Blended Winglets on the Boeing 767 Converted Freighter (767-BCF). This development assures that Boeing 767-300ERs with Blended Winglets are viable candidate for future conversion to freighters by Boeing. Boeing and APB, in addition to collaboration and data sharing, separately invested in
Aigle Azur has signed a component support contract with AFI KLM E&M, for its fleet of A320s. The new contract is a flight-hour agreement for component support, with pool access and repairs. It also includes major overhauls (C-checks) on a non-exclusive basis.
Atitech re-delivered its first A319CJ, s/n H2507, to the Italian Air Force, after an ILO check and extensive cabin refurbishment. The aircraft, belonging to a fleet of three aircraft owned by the Italian Air Force, has been inspected and accepted by the 31st Squadron. Atitech won the 4 year contract last December to support total
SR Technics has signed its second VIP aircraft contract with an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer. Under the agreement the aircraft will receive a full cabin refresh and refurbishment. In addition, a number of complex system modifications, In-flight Entertainment (IFE) system upgrades and a concurrent heavy maintenance C-Check are planned.
Astronics Luminescent Systems has been selected by Learjet, a subsidiary of Bombardier, to supply the illuminated instrument panels for its newly introduced Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 light business jets. Astronics will provide a complete suite of instruments panels that are illuminated with light emitting diodes (LEDs) which provide increased reliability while reducing power consumption.
The first ship set of the load sensing drive strut for the A350 XWB flap system, developed and manufactured by Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Lindenberg (Germany), was delivered to the Airbus system test bench in Bremen. The set consists of a strut for the flap stations 1 and 4 and the associated harnesses. This mechanical-electronic component
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been selected by LOT Polish Airlines as their primary maintenance organisation for airframe maintenance services, on 8 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The first delivery is scheduled in November 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, MAEL’s engineering team will establish a maintenance base in Warsaw, Poland and will support LOT’s
