MRO & Production

Saudi-Arabia’s low cost airline flyadeal and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive aircraft engineering services contract. The contract will run over four years and will cover the complete flyadeal A320 fleet. One of the major components of the agreement is the set-up of a new maintenance control center. This will include a full Continuing Airworthiness […]

Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES), a UK based aerospace design and certification organisation, has gained General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The approval demonstrates that AES is in compliance with all regulatory requirements for accomplishing and approving Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) and minor modifications on UAE registered

GE Additive has unveiled the first BETA machine developed as part of its Project A.T.L.A.S program. The meter-class, laser powder-bed fusion machine has been developed to provide manufacturers of large parts and components with a scalable solution that can be configured and customized to their own specific industry applications. Project A.T.L.A.S (Additive Technology Large Area

Lufthansa Technik Component Services (LTCS) has substantially expanded its workshop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On November 13, the Lufthansa Technik subsidiary officially started operation of the new component shop. Providing a shop floor area of 10,700 m² (115,000 ft²), the facility has doubled in size. Additional capabilities and an enhanced logistics network in the region furthermore

NORDAM and China Airlines have signed a joint venture agreement to establish NORDAM Asia Limited, a company to repair and overhaul structural aircraft components for the China Airlines fleet and for other airlines in the Asia-Pacific region. For NORDAM, the partnership brings a consistent baseload of work from China Airlines and its affiliates which include

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Mexico-based Aeronaves T.S.M (TSM) with three additional MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first MD-83 aircraft (MSN 53293) will commence modification on December 11th, followed by the second MD-83 (MSN 53292) commencing modification in February of 2018 and then followed by the third MD-83 (MSN 49941) starting modification

StandardAero has entered into an exclusive teaming agreement with GDC Middle East (GDC ME) and Horizon Shield Corporation of Riyadh to provide MRO services, engineering support and design services for military aircraft operators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The three-year teaming agreement will initially cover government-owned rotorcraft for the Saudi Navy, Air Force and

Sichuan Airlines, an all-Airbus-fleet airline based in Chengdu, has selected Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS) and Airbus Real Time Health Monitoring Service (AiRTHM) to provide components and predictive maintenance support securing the highest service level and operations for its new fleet of four A350 XWBs. Sichuan Airlines is to operate the A350 XWBs in the

Honeywell has signed a 15-year Component Service Solutions agreement with Dubai-based Emirates to maintain aftermarket components on the airline’s fleet of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft. The technology used in this agreement extends through 2031 and covers comprehensive component repairs and support solutions for Emirates’ fleet, thus reducing grounded aircraft time. Honeywell’s strengths in

Work is starting on the first A380 “six-year” C-check for a third-party customer airline at Airbus’ and Etihad Airways Engineering’s joint A380 MRO Services offering in Abu Dhabi. The aircraft, A380 MSN072 belonging to Lufthansa, arrived at the end of October, and following an initial inspection phase, is getting ready to undergo the heavy check