AAR has received design approvals from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), China’s airworthiness authority, to perform custom interior modifications for Boeing 757-200 aircraft operated by Xiamen Airlines. AAR’s design will modify the 757-200 aircraft into a three-class configuration by installing VIP first-class sections with lie-flat seats […]

Turbomeca (Safran group) signed a first Support By the Hour contract, SBH, with Papillon Airways. This contract covers an initial batch of 6 Arriel 2D engines powering the brand new Eurocopter EC130 T2, with the possibility to equip the entire Arriel 2D engine fleet of Papillon. The Turbomeca SBH contract provides total engine availability at

Asiana Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement to provide engine maintenance for three of the airline’s Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft. Under the six-year agreement, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Singapore-based Eagle Services Asia engine overhaul facility will provide engine maintenance for the airline’s six PW4090 engines.

ST Aerospace announced it has been awarded a contract to support South Korean low fare airline Eastar Jet’s CFM56-7B engines over 10 years. With a contract value of about US$15m (S$18.8m) per year, the agreement covers Eastar Jet’s current fleet of six Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft as well as the additional Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company’s (HAECO) landing gear overhaul facility, Taikoo (Xiamen) signed a contract at the Singapore Airshow with China Airlines, for the overhaul of seventeen ship sets of Boeing 747-400 landing gears. TALSCO will provide China Airlines with technical support, including rotable assets supply, on-gear installation, AOG support, configuration analysis, fleet analysis, and sampling inspection for

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has signed an Engine Fleet Enhancement Program (FEP) agreement with Air New Zealand. P&WC’s FEP, where a new engine is exchanged for a time-expired core engine, will be conducted to install over 60 PT6A-67D and PW127M engines powering Beech 1900D and ATR72-500 aircraft respectively. The aircraft are part of the fleets