The first Airbus A330 aircraft platform slated for the United Kingdom’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program has arrived ahead of schedule to begin its conversion into a Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) at Airbus Military facilities in Madrid, Spain. The Royal Air Force (RAF) tanker uses the same basic airframe as Northrop Grumman’s KC-45, which
Air Berlin Technik, subsidiary of the Air Berlin Group, reported that it has just succeeded in winning new servicing contracts for three of its maintenance stations. At Munich Airport, Air Berlin Technik will support the Spanish airline Iberia in Line Maintenance; the servicing facilities at Berlin-Tegel will be used by Estonian Air, and the Air
Flightstar Aircraft Services (Flightstar), a leading provider of heavy aircraft maintenance and modifications, reported that it has received an award from Precision Conversions to convert a B757-200 from passenger to freighter configuration for a Chinese carrier. The aircraft modification has already started and will be completed in November. This award marks the 16th aircraft that
ST Aerospace announced that it signed a component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) support agreement with Jeju Air. The agreement worth $45 million (S$65 million) will commence in August this year. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will provide component maintenance works on an MBH basis, asset lease and access to ST Aerospace
Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 767-300ER aircraft fitted with new blended winglets landed at Auckland International Airport on July 13th. The airline estimates that it will save more than six million litres of fuel and 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually with the installation of the new performance-enhancing blended winglets on its fleet of Boeing
Precision Conversions has received an award to provide SF Airlines with their first full 15-pallet position 757-200PCF. Based in Shenzhen, P.R. China, SF Airlines recently purchased the Rolls-Royce powered B757-200 (MSN 24401) and will operate the aircraft upon conversion completion scheduled for November 2009. The aircraft is being converted by Flightstar Aircraft Services in Jacksonville,
Embraer has selected Starlink Aviation to be its first authorized service center in Canada for the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 executive jets. The company is headquartered at Montr
ST Aerospace announced it has signed another component support programme
MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists has completed the refurbishment of the second of three Falcon 20 aircraft for Egypt Air. The first aircraft was completed at the end of 2008 and the third commenced refurbishment at the end of May 2009. The latest Falcon 20 was completely refurbished throughout by MAC and Egypt Air – Maintenance
Air China said that the airline will use Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM) system to monitor the in-flight condition of its Next-Generation 737 fleet. The agreement covers a total of 117 Air China 737s that are in service and on order. Air China is Boeing’s first Chinese customer for AHM and the 33rd commercial customer
