GE Aviation is launching the TRUEngine LLP program, which offers the industry an easy means of evaluating the operating history of used life-limited parts (LLP). To earn the TRUEngine LLP designation, LLP are subjected to a rigorous back-to-birth records audit and engineering review to evaluate their configuration and maintenance history relative to airworthiness limitations substantiated
STS Component Solutions and Ancra International reported the emergence of a distribution agreement to provide Power Drive Units (PDU’s) to commercial aircraft and freighters that are used on Boeing 767 -200/300/400 and Boeing 777 -200/300 Aircraft. Ancra International develops and manufactures Power Drive Units designed as drop-in replacements for original equipment. These aftermarket PDU’s do
Sim-Industries, a Lockheed Martin company, announced an agreement with Lufthansa Flight Training to provide a new Boeing 777-300 full flight simulator for the airline’s pilot training center. This marks the second flight training device agreement between Lufthansa Flight Training and Sim-Industries. Earlier this year, Sim-Industries qualified a B737 Flat Panel Trainer at Lufthansa Flight Training’s
Jet Asia Airways has accepted delivery of its fifth Boeing 767-200ER series aircraft, registered HS-JAF at its main base in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Intl Airport. The aircraft completed a C — Check at Boeing Shanghai’s maintenance facility at Pudong Int’l Airport. The delivery of the aircraft, configured with 235 economy class seats is line with Jet
AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines and US Airways Group have each agreed to extend the outside date at which either party may terminate the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), in light of the trial schedule surrounding litigation with U.S. Department of Justice. In a joint statement, Tom
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of five DHC-8-Q300 aircraft. The aircraft have been acquired from Caribbean Airlines by a US based investor. One of the five aircraft, serial number 487, was originally sold to Caribbean Airlines by Austrian Airlines in a transaction arranged by Airstream in 2002. Airstream has had a very successful
Eirtech Aviation has expanded its global footprint, with the announcement it will begin painting aircraft in the former Alitalia Paint hanger at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport. The company, which is based at Shannon Airport in Ireland, is a leading aviation services provider with operations in Shannon, Dublin, the Czech Republic, Dubai and now Italy. The state-of-the-art
Beginning in 2014, Eurocopter will install the necessary industrial capabilities to upgrade the American Eurocopter plant in Columbus, Mississippi, to a final assembly and test site for Eurocopter AS350 helicopters, the top-selling civil helicopter in the U.S. market. The plan was developed with two main objectives in mind: First, as a way to offset the
Santos Dumont, the aviation technical consultancy and asset manager, announced that it is to redeliver eight aircraft on behalf of LOT Polish Airlines (‘LOT’). Santos Dumont is a leading provider of aircraft redelivery services and has redelivered over 120 aircraft for airlines and lessors around the world. Santos Dumont will redeliver four Boeing 737-400 and
The partnership between Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, and StandardAero broadens the range of services offered in the FLYFokker program by adding engine services to the services pallet. These services include engine familiarization and engine borescope training, dedicated 24/7 Field Service teams, accessory overhaul and test capability and rental engine support. The FLYFokker program
