MRO & Production

Aviation Partners released that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) retrofit on BBJ aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. The approval was granted to Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), a joint venture between API and The Boeing Company, […]

Marshall Aviation Services, the business aviation-focused arm of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, is preparing to expand activities at its newly secured Fixed Based Operation (FBO) facility at Birmingham International Airport, UK. The Birmingham FBO will also be home to a new aircraft sales office for Marshall Aircraft Sales, specific to a new business jet

Flying Colours Corp., the North Americas-based MRO, completion and refurbishment specialist, announced an order for the completion of three, brand-new Bombardier Challenger 650 aircraft. The order, which is a sub-contract from Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft of Bombardier’s Commercial Aircraft division, will see the green aircraft configured in dedicated medevac interiors and delivered to an undisclosed

HAECO Component Overhaul (Xiamen) (“HAECO CRO”) has been appointed by Umbra Cuscinetti S.p.A. (“Umbra”) as its exclusive provider of Authorised Repair Station services in Mainland China. Umbra is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and the sole supplier of Boeing commercial aircraft trailing edge and stabiliser flap ballscrews, essential components for flight control actuation systems. HAECO

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), the engineering division of The Monarch Group, has secured a contract with DreamJet SAS, operating as La Compagnie to provide line maintenance technical handling for its All Business Class Boeing 757-200ER aircraft at London Luton Airport in the UK. The contract, which commenced on 24th, April 2015, is to support the

The PACAVI Group and GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Co.) have expanded their strategic partnership to conduct the serial production of Airbus A320 and A321 passenger to freighter conversions at the GAMECO facility in Guangzhou, China. GAMECO will also convert PACAVI’s Airbus A321 Freighter LITE prototype in Guangzhou. PACAVI Group CEO Dr. Stephan Hollmann commented

Fokker Services has officially launched its Component Availability program ABACUS not only on Dash 8 Q100/Q200/Q300 turboprops and all Fokker aircraft but now also on CRJ700/900/1000 aircraft. ABACUS is supporting more than 200 aircraft and serving more than 30 operators of regional aircraft such as the Dash 8, Fokker 100 Fokker 70 and Fokker 50

Bombardier Business Aircraft confirmed that current economic conditions and geopolitical issues in some market regions, such as Latin America, China and Russia, have impacted order intake levels industry-wide. As a result, Bombardier Business Aircraft will reduce its production rate for Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. Approximately 1,750 employees – up to 1,000 in the

Jet Aviation St. Louis has designed and commissioned the manufacture of a testing machine for flutter dampers on Challengers, becoming one of very few facilities in North America capable of testing flutter dampers. The machine went into service in April, allowing Jet Aviation St. Louis to complete testing of flutter dampers in three to four

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services, announced the opening of its new MRO facility in Singapore and concurrently the signing of a 3 year MOU with the Republic Polytechnic of Singapore. The new 5,200 m² Vector Aerospace state of the art facility will be a Pratt & Whitney