With the opening of the new facility and significant expansion of its operations, Lufthansa Technik Malta is extending the range of the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services it provides for short-haul and long-haul aircraft. As well as operational and technical services in the new narrowbody hangar for up to three short-range aircraft such as
At the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2009 Lufthansa Technik has signed a contract with Airbus to supply Guideline ColourFit, the non-electric, maintenance-free emergency floor-path guidance system. Guideline ColourFit photo-luminescent strips will be offered standardly by Airbus to customers for its complete family of passenger jets
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has been selected by C&D Zodiac, one of the main suppliers for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft family, for the installation of Guideline ColourFit. With this latest success, Lufthansa Technik
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Aviation business introduced the first aluminum core bead for use in aviation tires. The patented light weight alloy bead core using aluminum is a revolution in weight savings. The traditional construction of the bead has a steel center wrapped by strands of high tensile wire. Goodyear has found a
Bombardier Aerospace announced that it is now offering a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable Flight Management System on Learjet 60 aircraft. The new system is available as a Supplemental Type Certificate for in-service Learjet 60 aircraft customers.
TDG Aerospace reported that its UFI (Universal Fault Interrupter) has been selected by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation to monitor and protect electrical circuits in Hawker’s revolutionary new composite Hawker 4000 twin jet. Hawker is the first business aircraft manufacturer to select TDG’s patented UFI technology to protect its fuel pump systems from electrical faults. At least
El Al Airlines signed a one-year agreement for Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ EcoPower engine wash service on its fleet of engines powering its Boeing 747s and 777s with an option to extend the agreement in one-year increments for up to three additional years. The washes will take place at John F. Kennedy International
A first for SAL and the LHT Group, the Azerbaijan Airlines contract was undertaken following a Lufthansa Technik (LHT) request, highlighting ongoing synergies at work within the LHT Group. Upon receipt of a request from the operator, the LHT Sales Team examined its Base Maintenance Services network to ensure a best-fit for the customer. A
Airbus Americas and Airbus China Beijing Campus have achieved certification according to the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems. This international standard requires organisations to develop an integrated, structured approach in setting and achieving environmental policies and objectives with the goal of supporting protection of the environment, prevention of pollution and compliance with regulatory
Bombardier Aerospace has added three key European suppliers to the CSeries aircraft program. Alenia Aeronautica of Italy, Fokker Elmo of the Netherlands and Goodrich Actuation Systems of the United Kingdom, will provide key components and systems, and will be instrumental in contributing to the development and success of the all new, game-changing CSeries aircraft. Alenia
