Ameco Beijing and Great Wall Airlines signed a contract to provide heavy maintenance services on two Boeing 747-400 freighters. Ameco Beijing will perform 3C check and 1D check on the two freighters respectively. The first aircraft plans to enter Ameco facility in early May and the second will come in Middle of July. Great Wall
Finnair Technical Services and complete aircraft spares specialist, A J Walter Aviation, have signed a contract for MD11 component support. Finnair has been operating this aircraft type for several years now and is already actively supporting third party operators. For AJW this is a first step in MD11 support and builds on another contract signed
GE Aviation celebrated the grand opening of its Greenville facility on April 19. The business confirmed its commitment to the state of South Carolina with plans to add 100 jobs by 2013 and invest $30 million in the new facility. The $30 million investment covers new equipment for the 150,000-square-foot facility located in the Matrix
Commercial Aviation Corporation of China has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to provide the electric power generation and distribution systems for its new C919 aircraft. The work is worth more than $1 billion in revenue over the life of the program. The 150-class C919, which is expected to enter into service in 2016, will be China’s first
Southwest Airlines renewed its contract with Pratt & Whitney to provide EcoPower engine wash services on Southwest’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines. Southwest has been using the EcoPower engine wash service since 2007. In 2009, Pratt & Whitney performed 1,200 washes on Southwest’s fleet, which resulted in fuel savings of about $12.5 million and a reduction
Bombardier Customer Services is offering a repair and overhaul capability for electrical harnessing. Bombardier is exhibiting its range of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for commercial and business aircraft customers at the MRO Americas. With more than 50 years of design and manufacturing experience in electrical harnessing, Bombardier is now FAA/EASA-approved to offer repair and
Honeywell will provide inventory management and maintenance for 331-200 Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) on US Airways
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Jet Aviation Basel is now the only authorized Honeywell service center for HTF 7000 engines in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. The facility recently received EASA approval to maintain these engines. The company has already completed some limited work on the HTF 7000 in the past few months.
Embraer performed the first metal cut for the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 programs. This manufactured part belongs to the first Legacy 500 prototype aircraft. The event took place at the company
