MTU Maintenance Hannover has won its first GE90 maintenance customers: Air New Zealand, Southern Air and V Australia will have their GE90-110Bs and -115Bs supported by MTU. The engines are powering the Boeing 777s operated by these airlines. The contracts have a combined value of approximately $550 million. Air New Zealand, the first airline to
Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, has been selected by Embraer to become an Authorized Service Center at their Cleveland (CLE) facility on the Phenom 100 and 300 airframes. Constant Aviation will be able to provide complete maintenance and avionics services as well as modifications, composite repairs, Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins on both types
GKN Aerospace announced the launch of a ‘one stop’ repair service for fixed and rotary wing flexible fuel tanks which aims to halve the repair times typically experienced by operators across the UK and Europe. The new service – the only facility of its kind in the UK today – will offer fast, effective, European
FL Technics, integrated aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organisation (MRO), expanded its services at Krasnodar airport (KRR) by adding line maintenance services for Yakutia Airlines’ Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 737 NG aircraft.
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company (GAMECO), a joint venture MRO owned by China Southern Airlines Co., South China International Aircraft Engineering Co. and Hutchison Aircraft Maintenance Investment, reported the groundbreaking for the new GAMECO Phase II Hangar at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Norbert Marx, General Manager of GAMECO said, “Today’s groundbreaking for GAMECO’s Phase
FL Technics Jets, a business jets line and base maintenance company, has started providing aircraft base maintenance services for the first Hawker 700 B aircraft, owned by Kazakh charter VIP flight company Costair Ltd. All work will be carried out in FL Technics Jets hangars in Vilnius and is expected to be finished in two weeks’
The first flyable A350 XWB wing upper cover manufactured at Airbus’ Stade (Germany) site was loaded onto the Beluga on September 6th, to be transported to Airbus’ Wing Assembly site in Broughton (UK). The A350 XWB lower wing cover made in Illescas (Spain) will arrive in Broughton in the coming days. The A350 XWB wing covers measure
EDAC Technologies Corporation, a diversified designer, manufacturer and servicer of precision components for aerospace and industrial applications, signed long-term agreements with two leading aircraft engine manufacturers. The Company reported that it has entered into a five-year agreement with a major European-based aircraft engine manufacturer to produce rotating engine components to be used on commercial airliner platforms. Based
Aviation Partners released that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 900 Series. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of a two-year development program and exhaustive flight testing, and comes
Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH (CSC Europe) signed a 13-year Fleet Management Program (FMP) agreement with DRF Luftrettung of Germany for comprehensive maintenance support of its PW206B2 engines. This long-term FMP agreement with CSC Europe provides DRF Luftrettung with expanded coverage until 2024. The tailored FMP Term Cost Plan (TCP) provides maintenance
