Marshall Aviation Services, part of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, has been awarded a preferred supplier agreement with Isle of Wight based manufacturer, Britten-Norman to undertake exterior paint work on up to 15 of its Islander and Defender aircraft. The year-long agreement which was ratified at the end of 2013 represents an important and
Tailwind Capital has successfully sold two aircraft to an undisclosed buyer as part of its exclusive remarketing mandate with Goldman Sachs (New York). The transaction included two Boeing 717-200 jet aircraft, which are currently operated by US operator AirTran Airways. These aircraft were originally acquired by Goldman Sachs as part of a larger portfolio purchase.
Air Canada has committed to operate a CFM56-5A engine managed by TrueAero. The engine is part of multi aircraft, A320 “End of Life” consignment program that was recently awarded to TrueAero.
MidairUSA reported the recent completion and delivery of the Aircastle B747-400, which included a bridge modification and heavy “D” check, bringing the total of completed B747-400 bridge heavy check , maintenance and modifications to over twenty one aircraft delivered in less that thirty six months. Modification services performed scaled the entire spectrum from high density,
MTU Aero Engines laid the foundation stone for a purpose-built, advanced logistics center on its company premises in Munich. Starting in January 2015, the brand new two-story building with a surface area of 4,400 m² will concentrate the tasks of 115 employees from incoming goods, customs and foreign trade and receiving inspection. The total investment
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Japan’s Solaseed Air to expand the carrier’s fleet. The leased aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing and is the first of three scheduled for delivery to the airline in 2014.
The interior shops of Lufthansa Technik Base Maintenance in Hamburg are relaunching its services at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. The base maintenance workshops, which up to now primarily offered backbone support to Aircraft Base Maintenance, will in future offer full-scale modification services for commercial airlines directly from a single source. Headed up by
HAECO ITM (HXITM) and Thai Airways have embarked on a long-term collaborative initiative in aircraft component repair. Drawing on collective strengths, the collaboration enhances product offering of the two companies. Under the initial business collaboration framework, HXITM has identified a list of aircraft components that will be repaired at THAI’s technical facilities at Don Mueang
Telair International, a subsidiary of U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractor AAR, announced delivery of the 400th advanced lower deck cargo system to the Airbus fuselage production line in Hamburg. Telair has been a supplier of individual components involved with cargo loading systems for the Airbus aircraft since the 1970’s and will become the single-source supplier
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings announced Boeing qualification of the Aerodur 3001/ 3002 Base Coat/Clear Coat system. The newly approved Aerodur Base Coat/Clear Coat system is qualified by Boeing to both the BMS 10-72, Type 10 and BMS 10-125, Type 4 specifications and is applicable for use on all Boeing legacy models (777, 747, 737, 767) under
