MRO & Production

Direct Maintenance starts B787 line maintenance for Qatar Airways

Direct Maintenance has started to provide dedicated B787 line maintenance support to Qatar Airways at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands. The inaugural Dreamliner flight arrived from Hamad International Airport in Doha just ahead of schedule this afternoon and was welcomed with a traditional water canon arcade. Following successful cargo operations into The Netherlands since 2003, […]

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PPG Aerospace delivers MRJ flight-deck windows to MITAC for flight tests

PPG Industries’ (PPG) aerospace transparencies group has delivered windshields and side flight-deck windows for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) to Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) for flight testing. Ship sets of parts produced by PPG at its Huntsville, Alabama, manufacturing facility already supplied to MITAC have passed bird-impact and static testing, according to Arthur Scott, PPG

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C&L Aviation opens satellite office in Florida

C&L Aviation Group opened this month a new satellite office in Florida. Located within Fontainebleau Aviation, the office will operate out of Opa Locka Airport (OPF) in Miami. The new location brings C&L’s total satellite offices to six. C&L’s operations at Opa Locka will focus on corporate aircraft sales and management and will allow the

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GE news from the Paris Air Show

Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions (LMCES) and GE Aviation signed two OnPoint solution agreements for the material to overhaul CF6 and CF34 engines. The one-year agreements are valued at US$10m over the life of the agreement. Following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) established in 2014 between GE Aviation’s Hamble facility and India’s Mahindra Aerospace, the

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Finnair and Rolls-Royce sign contract on A350 XWB engine services

Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has awarded Rolls-Royce a long-term engine servicing agreement for the new aircraft type’s engines. Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB engines are used exclusively for the Airbus A350 XWB. The agreement brings Finnair’s entire A350 XWB fleet under Rolls Royce’s TotalCare package. Finnair has firm orders

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Bombardier signs Smart Parts agreements covering 31 Q400 aircraft

SpiceJet of India, Poland’s LOT Polish Airlines and Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services have signed agreements to enroll in Bombardier’s Smart Parts after-market support program, to provide value-added dispatch availability and cost predictability for their growing fleets of Q400 aircraft. The agreements are each for 5-year terms. Enrolling in Bombardier’s Smart Parts program allows customers

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Air India selects Pratt & Whitney AeroPower for 787 Auxiliary Power Unit repair support

Pratt & Whitney AeroPower has signed a long-term repair support agreement for the APS5000 auxiliary power unit (APU) with Air India, for its fleet of seven future and 20 existing Boeing 787-8 series aircraft. The support agreement covers repairs of the APU and its Line Replaceable Units (LRU).

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EFW, ST Aerospace and Airbus to launch A320/A321P2F freighter conversion programme

Airbus has signed an agreement with Singapore-based ST Aerospace to offer passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion solutions for its A320/A321 aircraft. Airbus foresees a significant market demand of more than 600 aircraft over the next 20 years for P2F aircraft conversions in the small freighter segment. The A320P2F, with eleven main-deck container positions, will be capable of

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Fokker Services choose Aviointeriors for B737-800 VIP completion

Fokker Services has decided to select Aviointeriors for the provisioning of the Business Class “Andromeda” and the Economy Class “Centaurus” seat models for its B737-800 VIP program. Fokker Services is part of Fokker Technologies, which develops and produces advanced components and systems for the aerospace industry. Fokker Services supplies integrated maintenance support and VIP completion

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