HAECO Americas has extended its long-standing agreement with Alaska Airlines to provide airframe services in the form of heavy-maintenance and modification services on the airline’s growing fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft at its Greensboro, North Carolina facility through 2027. The extension of this agreement builds upon the existing partnership between the HAECO Group and
AJW Group, an independent aircraft component parts, repair and supply chain solutions provider has announced the purchase of a CFM56-5B engine for teardown to support its expanding engine inventory and engine management programmes. The associated high-quality engine parts will be stored at AJW Groups global facilities to support the needs of worldwide Airbus A320-family operators.
SAS has reported its fourth-quarter results, stating that customer demand continued to increase through the year’s last quarter and as a result, capacity increased 43% compared with the third quarter the previous year. Passengers flying with SAS increased 73% compared to the last quarter and the flown load factor reached approximately 60%, an increase of
ST Engineering and Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a unit of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), have teamed up for a three-year research programme to co-develop additive manufacturing (AM) processes for applications in aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul. The collaboration aims to enhance end-to-end AM processes in manufacturing aerospace parts and
Mentis Aviation Group (MAG) has entered into an agreement with KP Aviation (KPA), a Mesa, Arizona-based aviation company, to partner in parts distribution around China for KP Aviation and sourcing of aircraft and engines to process through MAG’s tear down and recycling facility in Hefei City, China. The partnership with KP Aviation also provides additional
HAECO ITM, a member of the HAECO Group, has extended its long-standing agreement with Taiwan low-cost carrier Tigerair Taiwan to provide inventory technical management support to the airline’s Airbus A320 fleet. The new agreement will run until 2027. HAECO ITM has been providing inventory technical management support to Tigerair Taiwan since 2016. Under the extended
J&C Aero, an international aviation design and production company, has announced the receipt of its first EASA Part 145 approval and the launch of an in-house component repair shop. In addition, the company is set to more than double its production and MRO facilities in early 2022. Received in October 2021, the EASA Part 145
A unique collaboration between TrustFlight, Boeing, RaceRocks and The University of British Columbia (UBC) has plans to transform the aviation industry, creating a new digital aircraft records platform aimed at significantly improving efficiency and potentially saving the sector up to US$3.5 billion (£2.6 billion) a year. The Digital Aviation Record System (DARS) will be developed
Akasa Air, India’s newest airline, has announced the purchase of CFM LEAP-1B engines to power its recently ordered Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. The agreement, which also includes spare engines and long-term services agreement, is valued at nearly US$4.5 billion (£3.6 million) at list price. With this purchase and services agreement, Akasa Air will have from
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has reported that the transition to bring operations of Southern Air under a Single Operating Certificate (SOC) with Atlas Air, is now complete. With the addition of Southern Air, Atlas Air was able to add Boeing 777 and Boeing 737 aircraft operating platforms, resulting in a more diversified company offering customers
