Precision Aircraft Solutions has been awarded the conversions of four former AerCap aircraft for Chinese delivery services company SF Express Co. The aircraft are Rolls-Royce-powered 757s, MSN 27621, 26278, 30757 and 30758. “Converting four aircraft in one calendar year requires real performance, and we are pleased that SF has confidence in Precision during this period
Mapaero, a pioneer in water based paints for the aerospace industry pursues its development and extends its cabin interiors service offering. Operating in the cabin interiors coating industry for the past 20 years, Mapaero develops and obtains OEM certifications on a range of water-based paints, where 90% of solvents present in traditional aircraft coatings are
Direct Maintenance has started to provide dedicated B787 line maintenance support to Qatar Airways at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands. The inaugural Dreamliner flight arrived from Hamad International Airport in Doha just ahead of schedule this afternoon and was welcomed with a traditional water canon arcade. Following successful cargo operations into The Netherlands since 2003,
PPG Industries’ (PPG) aerospace transparencies group has delivered windshields and side flight-deck windows for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) to Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) for flight testing. Ship sets of parts produced by PPG at its Huntsville, Alabama, manufacturing facility already supplied to MITAC have passed bird-impact and static testing, according to Arthur Scott, PPG
C&L Aviation Group opened this month a new satellite office in Florida. Located within Fontainebleau Aviation, the office will operate out of Opa Locka Airport (OPF) in Miami. The new location brings C&L’s total satellite offices to six. C&L’s operations at Opa Locka will focus on corporate aircraft sales and management and will allow the
Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Rolls-Royce a long-term engine servicing agreement for the new aircraft type’s engines. Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines are used exclusively for the Airbus A350 XWB. The agreement brings Finnair’s entire A350 XWB fleet under Rolls Royce’s TotalCare package. Finnair has firm orders
Bombardier debuted their new C Series at the Paris Air Show this week with flights from their C300 aircraft, the first time an all-new single-aisle aircraft has been unveiled at the Paris Air Show since 1987. However the new series, which was launched in 2008, is already 2.5 years behind schedule and in excess of
Plexus Corp., a global provider of optimized Product Realization solutions, announced that its Livingston Design Center in Scotland has achieved AS9100 certification. This center provides engineering solutions and award-winning customer service excellence to many of the world’s leading branded product companies. Businesses that operate within the highly regulated aerospace and defense industry demand the highest
Unison Industries signed a 10-year Material Services Agreement with Qatar Airways in support of Qatar Airways’ unprecedented fleet growth rate. The agreement extends through 2024 and covers external Unison new parts and component repairs for all engine lines in the Qatar Airways fleet which includes the CF6, CFM, V2500, GEnx, GE90 and GP7200.
Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH and HOP! Air France entered into an agreement covering the overhaul of the landing gear systems on board the airlines’ Embraer E170 and E190 aircraft. The contract was signed at the Paris Air Show on June 17th, 2015. French carrier HOP!-REGIONAL, which is based in Nantes and part of HOP!, an Air
