MRO & Production

Precision Aircraft Solutions has been contracted to begin a 757 passenger-to-freighter conversion for San Francisco-based Vx Capital Partners. The privately owned leasing company, which specializes in commercial aircraft and engines, tapped Precision earlier this month to assist with capitalizing on the thriving market.The aircraft, MSN 25397, is a 757-200 with winglets and Pratt-Whitney engines. Conversion

Magnetic MRO, a Total Technical Care MRO organization based in Tallinn, Estonia, gained capability to overhaul and repair B767 evacuation slides. This was added to the existent capabilities for B717, B737 CL/NG and Airbus A320 family. Whilst the first wide-body slides have already arrived to the facilities and the overhaul will be provided in-house, Magnetic

Rolls-Royce and Liebherr-Aerospace have agreed to establish a 50:50 joint venture to develop manufacturing capability and capacity for the power gearbox for Rolls-Royce’s new UltraFan engine. UltraFan, a geared design, is based on technology that could be ready for service from 2025, and will offer at least 25% improvement in fuel burn compared with the

Fokker Services reported that Air Nostrum, located in Valencia Spain, has decided to enter into a 10 year ABACUS program for its fleet of CRJ200, CRJ900 and CRJ 1000 aircraft. With this program, Air Nostrum will enjoy the services provided by the ABACUS program for CRJ aircraft. Under this ABACUS program, Fokker Services will provide

The Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran) plant in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, unveiled two new brake test rigs. These new test facilities are primarily intended to test the type of carbon material produced by the company worldwide. They will be used to measure the reliability and effectiveness of brakes for all types of commercial, business and military aircraft, under

AFI KLM E&M and TNT Airways signed a flight-hour agreement, covering the support of the GE90-110B engines powering the airline’s 777 Freighters fleet. AFI KLM E&M is now providing TNT Airways with a dedicated, integrated support program taking in the entire Engine maintenance service chain, from removal to reinstallation, including shop visits, “on-site” work, routine

Colombian based low-cost airline VivaColombia, has extended its contract with AJW Aviation – a leading independent provider of integrated aircraft support services, for the provision of component power-by-the-hour support for a fleet of A320s that is anticipated to grow to ten aircraft by the end of 2015. The first true low-cost airline in Colombia, VivaColombia

Aviation Partners announced that as of June 5th, 2015, its unique Blended Winglet Technology has saved the worlds commercial and business jet operators an estimated five billion gallons of jet fuel. This represents a global reduction in CO2 emissions of over 107 billion lbs (or almost 54 million tons.) Aviation Partners’ designed Winglets are now