MRO & Production

Exelis has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract from Airbus to produce center wing box struts for the A350-1000 aircraft. This contract marks the second award for the new Exelis STaR (Struts, Tubes and Rods) product line following the A380 award announcement last year. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2016 and will continue through […]

Magnetic MRO serves as a Total Technical Care partner to any aviation organization, offering full range of technical support services. Newly added Engine Stand Lease service enables Magnetic MRO to offer a reliable worldwide solution for aircraft engine transportation. Variety of transportation engine stands, certified bases and cradles are provided for the most common engine

K-Mile, the first Thai cargo airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, has awarded TP Aerospace Leasing a long-term wheels & brakes Cycle Flat Rate (CFR) program in support of its current and planned B737CL cargo aircraft fleet. With TP Aerospace Leasing’s highly flexible, cost effective, tailor made and plug’n’play Component Maintenance, Pool Access, Onsite

MTU Maintenance has signed an exclusive eight-year maintenance agreement with Maldivian. The company, one of the leading engine maintenance providers worldwide, will provide Maldivian with MRO services for its CFM56-5B engines as well as engine lease support through MTU’s newly founded engine lease company MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V. The engines contracted power Maldivian’s Airbus

Pioneers in innovative aircraft cabin lighting technologies, STG Aerospace announced that Icelandair has begun upgrading its Boeing 757 fleet with the next generation safTglo photoluminescent, emergency floorpath marking system, SuperSeal UltraLite (SSUL). Currently, all of Icelandair’s 757 aircraft are equipped with the safTglo SuperSeal Lite (SSL) system but now, following the granting of EASA approval

GE Aviation chose its facility in Strother, Kansas, to assemble its new Passport 20, which will power the next-generation large-cabin business jet. GE’s additional US$7m investment in machinery and equipment will enable Strother to assemble, maintain, repair and overhaul the Passport 20 engine, which will power Bombardier’s Global 7000 and Global 8000 large, ultra long-range

Lufthansa Technik AG has further extended its cooperation with Taiwan-based airline EVA Air and its subsidiary EGAT. According to the new contract, the Hamburg-based maintenance, repair and overhaul provider is now also being commissioned to provide component support for the Boeing 777-300ER fleet as well as the Airbus A330 aircraft the Star Alliance member EVA

Precision Aircraft Solutions and Aerolease Aviation purchased from AeroTurbine a Pratt-powered 757-200 aircraft (MSN 25441), in a joint venture that will result in the conversion and sale of a high-payload, 15-position freighter. “This project is an exciting collaboration of two industry experts,” said Aerolease President Jep Thorton. “With Aerolease’s proficiency in 757 freighter development and

HAECO Group has acquired from Boeing an advanced, simulation-based maintenance training suite for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The HAECO Group is the first Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Organisation and Aircraft Maintenance Training Organisation (AMTO) in China to be equipped with the Boeing 787 training suite. The suite includes Boeing 787 Desktop Trainer Classroom Solutions,

GA Telesis has announced a major onsite component/LRU (“line replacement unit”) support program commencing at three major international airports, Miami International Airport (“MIA”), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (“IAH” Houston) and Los Angeles International Airport (“LAX”). In cooperation with F&E Aircraft Maintenance (“FEAM”), GA Telesis will provide Boeing and Airbus components and LRUs at FEAM’s line