Four months after announcing its new executive jet service center in Brazil, Embraer broke ground at Bertram Luiz Leupolz (SOD) airport in Sorocaba, fulfilling its promise to bring convenient services to its customers. The 216,000 ft² site will include hangars, VIP lounges, meeting rooms and crew living quarters, as well as administrative offices. This facility
Tulpar Technic has been appointed an Authorized Service Facility (ASF) for Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 regional jets. Located at Kazan International Airport in Kazan, Russia, Tulpar Technic will serve Bombardier operators in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Under an ASF agreement, Tulpar Technic is now authorized by Bombardier for all maintenance work
ITT Exelis (XLS) announced the opening of its composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new facility provides increased capacity and enhanced automation capability for advanced commercial and military composite aircraft structures. “With the addition of automated fiber placement and tape laying capability combined with high speed machining, inspection and assembly,
Mxi Technologies, a leader in aviation maintenance management software, released that within 24 hours of receiving their first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) embarked on their inaugural passenger service flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopian has been live with a broad Maintenix implementation since July 2011 for their comprehensive mixed fleet, ranging from the
AAR is expanding its supply chain distribution network and inventory for the Asia market, strengthening its presence in the region and helping to boost distribution and reduce lead time for customers. An important part of this expansion is an inventory of Unison Industries’ aerospace components, that will be made available from a warehouse in Singapore.
Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS), a joint venture between Embraer and CAE, inaugurated Phenom aircraft pilot and maintenance technician training in Brazil at CAE’s training facility near Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) in São Paulo. This is the third ECTS training location, including Dallas, Texas in the United States, and Burgess Hill, near London, in the United
As part of the Kalitta Air growth and diversification plan, Kalitta Maintenance in Oscoda, Michigan is adding a 12 bay facility to its already 32,000 ft² CF6 engine center. Kalitta Maintenance opened its CF6 engine center in July of 2011 and certified its 10 meter test cell in February of 2012. Kalitta Maintenance Engine Center
EPCOR, the AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specializing in APUs and pneumatic components, can henceforth offer its expertise and MRO services to all carriers operating aircraft in the A320 family equipped with the APS 3200 auxiliary power units (APUs) manufactured by Hamilton Sundstrand. The offer includes APU repair, maintenance and testing services, along with the supply
Universal Avionics will open a new European satellite sales office, strategically located in London, U.K. to support the region’s growing avionics sales activity. The office is slated to open in September. “The extension of our presence in Europe will allow us to better support our customers,” said Robert Clare, Director of Sales for Universal Avionics.
Judge Jean-Yves Lalonde of the Superior Court of Québec, sitting in and for the Commercial Division for the District of Montreal, issued the approval and vesting order requested by the Chief Restructuring Officer and Monitor authorising the sale by Aveos Fleet Performance of the assets of its component repair business to A J Walter Aviation.
