MRO & Production

Skymark Airlines is the newest airline to join the Boeing 737 Component Services Program (CSP), a move that will help the airline reduce its spare parts costs, an important advantage in the low-cost carrier marketplace. In addition to reducing costs, the program will help Skymark enhance efficiency and improve spare parts availability. The program can

TIMCO Aerosystems, a unit of TIMCO Aviation Services, has delivered its first shipset of FeatherWeight galleys to the 767 aircraft production line. The FeatherWeight galley is another in a series of weight-saving products designed to save aircraft operators fuel cost through creative design and the use of innovative materials and processes. Each shipset consists of

The Jet Aviation Group and Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced the signing of a lease agreement, whereby Jet Aviation will start to provide aviation services from Al Bateen Executive Airport later this year. The agreement with ADAC includes the lease of offices at the business aviation airport, where Jet Aviation will be Al Bateen

Airbus will increase the production rate of its popular A320 Family of eco-efficient single-aisle aircraft to 42 aircraft per month in the fourth quarter of 2012. Currently Airbus produces 36 A320 Family aircraft each month, a production rate that will steadily rise to 38 in August 2011 and to 40 in the first quarter of

Aircraft maintenance provider, Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Estonian Air. Monarch will provide support to the Estonian operator

Greenpoint Technologies (Greenpoint) and Aviation Technical Services (ATS) signed installation agreements for two Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) Greenpoint aircraft completions. Installations will be performed at ATS

Kuwait Airways is sending two A340-300 aircraft to Lufthansa Technik Philippines for heavy maintenance checks this May and in September. Under this agreement, the two A340s will undergo IL-checks and aircraft painting at the Lufthansa Technik AG subsidiary in Manila.

Avio-Diepen Hong Kong is opening new distribution centers in Melbourne and Singapore. The openings are scheduled for May 25, 2011 and May 27, 2011 respectively and will enable Avio-Diepen Hong Kong to provide even more effective and efficient aviation material management service to it