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MRO & Production

JorAMCo completes heavy 'C' check for Italy's AirOne

JorAMCo has successfully completed heavy maintenance work on an Italian registered Airbus A330 operated by Italy’s Air One; the airline is part of Alitalia, the national Italian Airline and is based in Rome. The maintenance work performed was a heavy “C” check in addition to cabin and pylon heavy maintenance , routine and non routine

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City Airline choses SAS Tech

City Airline, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, operates with five Embraer 145 and will extend the fleet to at least double this figure. In addition, the company will rent three MD87 from SAS. SAS Tech in Gothenburg will provide Line Maintenance including production planning of the MD87 business for City Airline. The work performed will include

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MTU Aero Engines benefits from Republic Airways

Republic Airways has signed a purchase agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for 40 CSeries aircraft with options on up to 40 additional aircraft. The twin-engined airliner is exclusively powered by the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine. MTU Aero Engines is a major stakeholder in this innovative, next-generation propulsion system. The overall contract covers more than

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Parker to provide heat management valves on Trent XWB engine program

Parker Hannifin announced that Rolls-Royce has exercised its option to add Parker Aerospace’s heat management valves to the pneumatics package it already supplies on the Trent XWB engine program. Parker estimates that the package will generate approximately $175 million in revenues over the life of the program. Product design, manufacture, and support will be completed

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Airbus to increase A320 Family production rate

Airbus will increase the monthly production rate for its single-aisle A320 Family from the current rate of 34 to 36, starting December 2010. The production rate for the long-range A330/A340 Family will be maintained at the current level of eight per month. Airbus’ decision to raise its single-aisle production rate is driven by the continuing

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AEI licenses MD-80 engineering data for Freighter Conversion

Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), has finalized an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to develop MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversions. AEI will become a Supplemental Type Certificate holder for MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and MD-88 Passenger to Freighter Conversions. As an STC holder, working with licensed Boeing engineering data, AEI customers will now be eligible for access to

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