ATK, an aerospace, defense and commercial products company, was selected by Boeing for a contract, beginning immediately, to produce substructural composite components for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ATK composite structures can be found on the Boeing 767 and 757 airplanes, C-17 Globemaster, F-18 fighter, V-22 Osprey, Boeing 702 and GPS II-F satellites, and Delta II
Bombardier Aerospace released that it delivered 238 aircraft during 2013 (180 business jets, compared to 179 in 2012 and 55 commercial aircraft, compared to 50 for the previous calendar year). The company also received orders for 388 aircraft, net of cancellations, compared to 481 orders, net of cancellations, for the previous year. Bombardier delivered 180
Boeing, Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology will collaborate on a new initiative to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Emirates. BIOjet Abu Dhabi: Flight Path to Sustainability will engage a broad range of stakeholders to develop a comprehensive framework for a U.A.E. biofuel supply
Volga-Dnepr Technics GmbH (VDT), the Leipzig-based maintenance company, has expanded its current scope of activities on Western-built aircraft. The renewed scope of its EASA Part 145 certificate now enables VDT to extend A-check services on Boeing 737-300/-400/-500 and 747-8F and 747-400 (PW-4000) aircraft. The company’s Rating C14 has also been expanded to cover wheel and
ATR announced the set-up of the very first ATR ‘-600 series’ Flight Simulator in Latin America. The Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is located at the training facilities of the Colombian carrier Avianca, in Bogota, and has recently obtained certification from both Europe’s EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) and Colombia’s UAEAC (Civil Aviation Special Administrative Unit).
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed a three-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with JorAMCo, to meet the airline’s Heavy Maintenance and ‘C’ check fleet requirements. JorAMCo, a regional MRO facility based in Jordan was awarded the contract by Gulf Air following a successful bidding tender process through
The Bolivian Air Force (FAB) has selected the latest high-power version of the Super Puma to fight drug trafficking and perform public-security and disaster-relief missions throughout the country. The contract includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in the coming years. The first two helicopters will be delivered this year and the remaining
Boeing is assembling the fourth and final KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on track to deliver the initial 18 tankers to the Air Force by 2017. The aircraft are commercial derivatives of the Boeing 767 jetliner; their design features
The fourth SSJ100 operated by Mexican airline Interjet has entered into service, joining the fleet of three aircraft already in service. On January 15th the aircraft (MNS 95036) completed its first commercial flight (N. 3150) from Mexico City airport to Torreon, confirming its exceptional performance.
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services company signed an agreement with British air carrier BA CityFlyer for aircraft technical services. The agreement was signed for 14 months with the possibility of prolonging and it specifies the works in the scope of: scheduled and unscheduled base C checks, and also lower level checks (A and B), AOG (Aircraft
