Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, has secured a contract with DreamJet SAS, operating as La Compagnie to provide line maintenance technical handling for its All Business Class Boeing 757-200ER aircraft at London Luton Airport in the UK. The contract, which commenced on 24th, April 2015, is to support the
The PACAVI Group and GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Co.) have expanded their strategic partnership to conduct the serial production of Airbus A320 and A321 passenger to freighter conversions at the GAMECO facility in Guangzhou, China. GAMECO will also convert PACAVI’s Airbus A321 Freighter LITE prototype in Guangzhou. PACAVI Group CEO Dr. Stephan Hollmann commented
AeroVision International (Muskegon, Michigan) announced the sale of two fully refurbished ERJ-145LR aircraft to one of North America’s preeminent professional auto racing teams, which is upgrading its fleet to turbofan-powered aircraft. The aircraft remain in a 50-seat configuration to accommodate the race day crews that travel to and from each race and are painted to
GMN Aerospace announced that its first delivered M2TYCOAT parts have logged 1,300 hours in the air. In June GMN Aerospace announced its first branded product, M2TYCOAT. The proprietary developed product was specially designed for exterior color graphics and mandatory exterior placards and markers. After the first delivery of parts for the Boeing 737 in November,
After being transferred from state to regional ownership, in 2008 Grabtsevo airport was purchased by Volkswagen Russia, a subsidiary of the Volswagen Group. The region is a mecca for industry, and especially the automotive sector, with major manufacturers including Volkswagen, Citroen, Mitsubishi, Volvo and Peugeot having invested heavily in the area. In 2012 it was
Fokker Services has officially launched its Component Availability program ABACUS not only on Dash 8 Q100/Q200/Q300 turboprops and all Fokker aircraft but now also on CRJ700/900/1000 aircraft. ABACUS is supporting more than 200 aircraft and serving more than 30 operators of regional aircraft such as the Dash 8, Fokker 100 Fokker 70 and Fokker 50
TransDigm Group Incorporated completed the acquisition of the assets of the aerospace business of Pexco (“Pexco Aerospace”), a portfolio company of Odyssey Investment Partners, for approximately US$496m in cash. The acquisition was previously announced on April 30th, 2015. Pexco Aerospace is a global leader in the manufacturing of extruded plastic interior parts for use in
Bombardier Business Aircraft confirmed that current economic conditions and geopolitical issues in some market regions, such as Latin America, China and Russia, have impacted order intake levels industry-wide. As a result, Bombardier Business Aircraft will reduce its production rate for Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. Approximately 1,750 employees – up to 1,000 in the
Jet Aviation St. Louis has designed and commissioned the manufacture of a testing machine for flutter dampers on Challengers, becoming one of very few facilities in North America capable of testing flutter dampers. The machine went into service in April, allowing Jet Aviation St. Louis to complete testing of flutter dampers in three to four
Boeing and TUI Group, one of the world’s largest integrated leisure travel companies, have finalized an order for one 787-9 Dreamliner with an option for one further 787-9. The order is valued at US$257m at current list prices. TUI Group also announced that it will substitute two unfilled orders for 787-8s for two 787-9s. The
