MTU Aero Engines has concluded a strategic agreement with TECT Power for the supply of compressor blisks. The contract provides for the U.S. company to deliver as many as 800 of the high-tech components a year to the Germany engine manufacturer. Blisks (or IBRs, integrally bladed rotors) are one-piece disk-and-blade components that represent the cutting edge in
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by KLM, transavia.com to supply wheels and carbon brakes for all new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft deliveries and to retrofit 737 NG in-service aircraft. The airline’s first carbon brake equipped 737 NG aircraft is scheduled for delivery in August 2011 with retrofits beginning thereafter. Goodrich carbon brakes have now been
Bombardier Aerospace has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation to provide key systems content on the new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets. Hamilton Sundstrand will provide the aircraft’s electric system, including generation and distribution, the high lift actuation system and the auxiliary power unit system. The variable frequency electric power generation system also comprises primary and
Taikoo Engine Services (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (“TEXL”) has received an extension to its Part 145 Approval Certificates from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”), European Aviation Safety Agency (“EASA”), and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”). TEXL’s facility expansion includes Chemical Cleaning, Mechanical Cleaning, Non-destructive Testing Lines and workshop areas that enable TEXL to perform GE90-110/115B module
Crane Aerospace & Electronics signed multiple agreements at the Paris Air Show. The first agreement was signed with ECE, a Zodiac Aerospace company, to supply its Transformer Rectifier Units (TRUs) on the Electrical Power Distribution Systems (EPDS) for the Airbus A350XWB. There are seven TRUs within the Electrical Power Distribution System. The ECE Electrical Power Distribution Systems control
The International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) has completed additional sales of inventory material from the remaining assets of the old Alitalia operations. This was the most substantial package of A320 rotable parts that IBA have offered for sale so far. The Lots were sold to AvTrade, following competitive bidding for a range of assets. Ben Jacques,
GE Aviation and Cathay Pacific Airways have reached a 15-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s GE90-115B engines that power its additional 18 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
REVIMA APU and Italian all-cargo flag carrier Cargoitalia signed an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) support agreement to provide repair services to Cargoitalia’s aircraft fleet. The agreement covers repair services for TSCP700-4E APUs installed on MD-11 freighter airplanes operated by Cargoitalia. It also includes provisions for the lease of spare APUs and the repair of fieldremoved
The Spanish airline, Spanair S.A., and Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik AG are stepping up a successful partnership that dates back over 10 years. Lufthansa Technik will now provide technical support for the landing gears, thrust reversers and auxiliary power units (APU’s) for the airline’s 24-aircraft fleet of modern Airbuses to the end of 2019. The relevant
Virgin America has expanded its existing 12-year OnPoint solution agreement to include its newly ordered 60 CFM56-5B engines that will power its A320 aircraft. The expanded service agreement is valued at more than $320 million dollars over the life of the contract. In addition Virgin America signed Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH) agreement with CFM International
