In a Grand Opening ceremony Lufthansa Technik and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have now celebrated the achievement of the operational status of Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR). On the occasion of the arrival of the first A320 from JetBlue Airways, the second launching customer of LTPR, a further overhaul line of the facility was […]
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Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has secured a cabin reconfiguration contract with Air Canada, for eight Airbus A330 aircraft. The first A330 will be inducted in the third quarter of 2016, with the last aircraft targeted for redelivery by the end of the first quarter of 2017. For each of the eight aircraft, ST Aerospace
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To match ongoing high demand for its bestselling A320 Family, Airbus has taken the decision to further increase the production rate of the Single Aisle Family to 60 aircraft a month in mid-2019. The decision follows thorough studies on production ramp-up readiness in the supply chain and in Airbus sites to allow the ramp-up. To
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Beijing General Aviation officially started the construction of the aircraft production facility for Beijing Navigation Changzhou Aircraft Industry (BNCAG) in Changzhou National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone’s Aviation Industrial Park on October 28th, 2015. Once the new facility starts operation, it is scheduled to produce 70 P750 planes annually and serve as BGAC’s manufacturing and maintenance
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Aircraft Propeller Service (APS), one of the oldest, leading commercial propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), reported that APS’ new, state-of-the-art Lake Zurich, Illinois facility is up and running and ready to leverage its role as the license holder for repair and maintenance of propeller systems in IATA 1 and IATA 3. The company is the
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Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, reported its completion of a modification and upgrade for the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department’s (SBCSD) Bell 212 aircraft. Modifications to this aircraft included avionics, airframe, and tailboom structural modifications required for the installation of a new Pratt & Whitney Canada
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PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with an undisclosed customer for four B737-400 conversions. The work is scheduled to begin November 2015, with all conversions completed during 2016. PEMCO’s latest 737-400 program will provide converted aircraft with eleven (11) pallet positions, up to 48,000 pounds of payload
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easyJet has partnered with AJW Group in a five year cost-per-flight-hour contract to support its growing fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft. The collaborative and wholly engaged transition process went live on October 7th 2015. Key factors have included the training, development and enhancement of the AJW resource pool and the in-depth education and practical
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GE Aviation is creating adjacent factories in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet engines and land-based gas turbines. GE Aviation will invest more than US$200m to construct two factories on 100 acres in Huntsville. When the factories are operational later this decade, they
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Avcorp Industries has received notice of award from The Boeing Company for the production and supply of 767-2C panoramic camera fairings, as part of the KC-46 tanker program. Each shipset of panoramic camera fairings consist of large and complex composites and metallic components which will be assembled into a fully integrated assembly in the Avcorp
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