Alabama Aircraft Industries, Birmingham, has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force to perform depaint and safety of flight repairs on Air Force and Navy / Marine C-130 aircraft. The contract carries a term of one base period of six months and one option period of six months. It is expected that
Goodrich Corporation will deliver broad maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for TransAsia Airways
Pratt & Whitney Canada has announced deals with Canadian, U.S. and German companies to provide support and services for helicopter fleets. The Quebec-based company announced that it has signed a five-year contract with Canadian heli-skiing firm Alpine Helicopters of Kelowna, B.C., for repair and overhaul of 20 PT6T-3B Twin-Pac(R) engines, plus spares, installed on Alpine’s
ExelTech Aerospace has signed an agreement with SATA Air A
The German government has awarded GE Aviation and GE’s Global Research Center with an aviation research grant valued at more than $1 million to develop an advanced “cold-spray” manufacturing technology for jet engine components. Development begins this year at GE’s Global Research Center Europe in Munich working with Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg and leading
Aviall Services reported that its Product Repair Services division has entered into a long-term agreement with Flight Options, LLC., a leading provider of safe and reliable private jet travel services, to be the exclusive provider of wheel and brake overhaul and repair services, and manage their wheel and brake supply chain requirements.
Czech Airlines has awarded A J Walter Aviation a seven year power-by-the-hour contract to provide rotable component support for its fleet of 33 Airbus. The agreement commences on March 1st 2009 and initially will cover two A321, eight A320 and seven A319, the remaining 16 aircraft will join the programme over the next seven years.
Airbus is adapting production rates of its A320 Family programme from 36 to 34 a month from October 2009 onwards. Production rates of the A330/A340 family will be paused at the current level of 8.5 a month, and not increased further as previously planned. This decision reflects Airbus
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group (IAI/Bedek) has reached a milestone by cutting the opening in the fuselage to install the Main Deck Cargo Door on its first B767-300ER aircraft conversion from Pax to the Bedek Special Freighter (BDSF) configuration. The aircraft belongs to EuroAtlantic Airlines of Portugal, a Passenger Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance
Airbus has selected two SAFRAN Group companies, Messier-Bugatti and Labinal, to design, develop and manufacture critical systems and equipment for its new A350XWB long-haul commercial jet. Messier-Bugatti will supply the wheels and carbon brakes, based on Sepcarb II OR carbon disks, today
