MRO & Production

Boeing took another visible step toward full 787 Dreamliner production on April 5th, by placing the first steel column for its Charleston 787 Final Assembly and Delivery facility. Boeing Charleston fabricates, assembles and installs systems for 787 aft fuselage sections and joins and integrates midbody fuselage sections from other structural partners. With the new, 1.2-million-square-foot

Miami Air International signed an exclusive five-year agreement to use Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower engine wash services on its fleet of B737 CFM56 engines at EcoPower service center locations in the United States and Europe. The agreement also provides for certain engine line maintenance services on a preferred vendor basis. EcoPower franchisee, Jet Aircraft Maintenance,

Direct Maintenance has been appointed by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for its B777 line maintenance handling at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS). PIA currently operates 9 B777 aircraft, which are being deployed on long haul routes to and from Pakistan. The B777 models operated by PIA, and to be supported by DMX, include the B777-200ER, B777-200LR and

Brussels Airlines has entrusted GMF AeroAsia to maintain its B747-200F. The cargo plane was delivered to the GMF for C01-Check, Corrosion Preventive (CPCP), Airworthiness Directive Service Bulletin (ADSB), and Bridging.

Finnair Technical Services concluded an agreement with Swedish charter operator Nova Airlines AB. The agreement includes availability, repair and logistical services for the components. The agreement covers support for three Novair A321 aircraft. The comprehensive component support agreement for the next six years is an important step in executing the strategy of Finnair Technical Services

United Airlines and Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco Beijing) signed a five-year contract for airframe heavy maintenance, continuing and strengthening their cooperation. Over the next five years, United’s fleet of Boeing 747s along with the Boeing 777s will go to Ameco Beijing for heavy maintenance visits (HMV). Ameco Beijing will perform all HMVs including

ST Aerospace has been awarded a Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) contract by Jet Airways (India) for the support of Jet Airways’ CFM56-7B engines that power Jet Airways’ and JetLite’s fleet of 67 Boeing 737 next generation aircraft. The contract is worth $750 million (S$1.0b) and will commence immediately. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace’s wholly owned subsidiary, ST

The first H80 turboprop engine began its certification testing on March 8 in a test cell at the GE Aviation Czech facility in Prague in the Czech Republic. The H80 turboprop engine will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) and power business and general aviation, utility and agriculture aircraft. A total of five development

Testing of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft

TAM Technological Center, MRO Unit, has been certified by Ecuador aeronautical authority (Direccion General de Aviacion Civil) to perform the maintenance service to Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 and Fokker-100 aircraft registered in the country as well as their components. Such certification allows the increase of the services porfolio offered by its maintenance center for customers in Ecuador