MRO & Production

Goodrich Corporation is providing an advanced fully integrated landing gear system for the Cessna Model 850 Citation Columbus large cabin intercontinental business jet. The weight-efficient system includes main and nose landing gear, wheels and carbon brakes, and electronic control and steering systems. The selection of Goodrich represents an important strategic partnership and new approach for

BOC Aviation has selected Thales to provide a comprehensive package of flight management systems for up to 47 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. Deliveries of these aircraft will commence in the fourth quarter of 2008. Under the terms of the agreement Thales baseline flight management systems package for the Airbus A320 family aircraft includes: Flight

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group has been awarded an exclusive contract by Kenya Airways, Kenya’s national flag carrier for CFM56-3/7 engine refurbishment and total support. The agreement, valued at over $100 million covers twenty six engines for a period of ten years on the airline’s Boeing 737 planes.

Jet Aviation recently announced the restructuring of its EMEA & Asia organization by lines of business in alignment with the company’s US structure and appointed Christof Sp

StandardAero has signed two long-term maintenance repair and overhaul agreements with Aerolineas Mesoamericanas (ALMA) in Mexico to support their growing CRJ200 fleet

Flow International Corporation has received purchase orders for four systems under the recently awarded contract to exclusively supply Airbus with Composite Machining Center (CMC) abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems to support the production of its upcoming A-350XWB. The purchase orders were for a CMC to machine the keel beam section in Nantes, France,

Due to growth in turbine-engine-overhaul contracts, StandardAero, a DAE Engineering company, reported the official ground breaking of an 80,000 square foot expansion to their Winnipeg facilities to accommodate the expected engine throughputs. The expansion is timed with several large contract wins and the large volume of engine maintenance associated with those contracts. After securing agreements

ST Aerospace Solutions (Europe) A/S (STA Solutions), has renewed a component supply and reconditioning contract with LOT Polish Airlines. This contract, effective immediately, is worth EUR 8.7 million (about S$18.7m), and covers LOT Polish Airlines

Iberia has signed a maintenance and support contract with Nigeria

Boeing earned certification last week from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its new carbon brakes designed for the Next-Generation 737. The brakes, supplied by Messier-Bugatti, entered service last week when Boeing delivered a Next-Generation 737-700 to Delta Air Lines — the first of 10 737-700s the airline will receive over the next several years.