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Bombardier appoints Flying Colours Corp and JetCorp Technical Services as Authorized Service Facilities

Flying Colours Corp., the completions, refurbishment and maintenance specialist, reported that Bombardier has appointed both its Peterborough, ON, Canada and JetCorp Technical Services, St Louis, Missouri, USA, locations as Authorized Service Facilities (ASF) for Learjet and Challenger business jets. Flying Colours Corp. is renowned for its new Challenger 850 aircraft completions for which it works

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AFI KLM E&M modifies A321 cabin for AerCap

AerCap signed a contract with AFI KLM E&M for cabin modifications and an overhaul on one of its A321 aircraft. The leasing company had recovered its aircraft from an airline in India and wanted to lease it to an operator in Russia. Following the AFI KLM E&M tender, AerCap commissioned the Group to carry out

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Airbus introduces ACJ318 Enhanced

Airbus has begun offering customers the ACJ318 Enhanced, a new version of the smallest member of the corporate jet family, which embodies new features and introduces a catalogue of optional extras. Since its entry into service in 2007, the aircraft has set new standards in comfort, space and freedom of movement. The Airbus ACJ318 Enhanced

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Parker Aerospace’s advanced flight controls certified on Gulfstream G650 Business Jet

The fly-by-wire actuation system developed by Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation (PH), has been certified as part of the type certificate Gulfstream received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Gulfstream G650 business jet. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650 received FAA certification on September 7, 2012. Gulfstream and the

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AMAC Aerospace delivers first completed Boeing BBJ 777-200LR

AMAC Aerospace has delivered the first BBJ 777-200LR (long range) ever to be completed for a private customer in the Middle East. The aircraft was brought to AMAC by Aviation link, Saudi Arabia, who took delivery of the completed aircraft from AMAC’s facility in Basel, Switzerland following the conclusion of 19 months’ completion work, involving

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FL Technics signs engineering support agreement with Ariana Afghan Airlines

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has signed a three-year Engineering Support agreement with the Afghani national air carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines. FL Technics will provide comprehensive engineering services to the airlines’ four Boeing 737 aircraft. According to the agreement, Ariana Afghan Airlines will receive extensive aircraft engineering

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Boeing Business Jets to offer the BBJ MAX

Boeing announced its intent to offer the BBJ MAX 8 and the BBJ MAX 9 in the large cabin ultra-long-range business jet market. The announcement was made at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference in Orlando, Fla. The BBJ MAX 8, based on the 737 MAX 8, will be the first member of the

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MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg completes 5,000th engine overhaul

Since its foundation in 1991, MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg, has now overhauled a total of 5,000 engines, of which 3,500 are engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada, 500 CF34 engines and 1,000 industrial gas turbines. In addition, the company has supported its customers with many on-site and field visits as well as module repairs. “We are

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Liebherr-Aerospace selects "AirSupply" for entire supply chain management

As a tier-1 company in the European aerospace industry, Liebherr-Aerospace has chosen the SCM solution “AirSupply”. The corresponding agreement was signed in Toulouse, France, on 23 October 2012 by Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS and SupplyOn AG. “AirSupply” enables companies in the aerospace industry to manage their collaboration processes with suppliers even more transparently and reliably.

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Norwegian reports best ever quarterly results

Norwegian (NAS) reported a pre-tax profit of almost NOK900m. This is the company’s best ever result, an improvement of NOK187m from previous year. New aircraft have saved the airline NOK28m in fuel costs compared to the third quarter in 2011. However, these savings are offset by an additional bill of NOK25m – a result from

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