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In continuation of the 757-200PCC Combi program, Precision Conversions has received the conformity aircraft from Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group. The 1994 Pratt & Whitney powered 757-200 has been inducted at Flightstar Aircraft Services facility in Jacksonville, FL and is currently undergoing modification. The Combi award from CAM is part of a

Lufthansa Technik recently signed a Total Technical Support TTS contract (including Total Material Operations TMO) with Nok Air and will consequently provide all-round support for the Thai airline’s new Boeing 737 NG fleet from November onwards. Technical fleet management on site and Maintenance Management Services (MMS) are just as much part of the extensive service spectrum

Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) has completed the 50th Airframe Heavy Maintenance Check for Asiana Airlines. The recently completed  50th maintenance event on its B747-400 airframe included full cabin upgrade modifications with new seating and enhanced In-Flight Entertainment system installations. Since 2004, EGAT has been an airframe maintenance and interior retrofit service partner for Asiana on narrow

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Rossiya Airlines. The agreement will see MAEL to provide support to the Russian operator’s winter flights to Goa, India, on which they will operate Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

MRO and commercial aircraft paint facility Jet Midwest Technik has recently entered into an agreement with SkyWest Airlines to perform  “Premium” aircraft paint services for the airline’s CRJ-200 fleet currently operated on behalf of United Express. Jet Midwest Technik is currently painting two continuous lines of aircraft at their 1,200,000 sq. ft MRO facility at

Boeing began building the first Next-Generation 737 at the program’s new production rate of 35 airplanes a month. The rate is increasing from 31.5 airplanes a month to meet worldwide market demand for the best-selling single-aisle airplane. Employees loaded chords and webs manufactured by the Boeing Fabrication division into the company’s newest automated spar assembly tool,