MRO & Production

Rolls-Royce marked the official opening of its new £110m Advanced Blade Casting Facility (ABCF). When fully operational in 2017, the 150,000 ft² (14,000 m²) facility in Rotherham will employ 150 people and have the capacity to manufacture more than 100,000 single crystal turbine blades a year. These blades will feature in a wide-range of Trent […]

German-based HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance GmbH has been granted the Repair Station Approval by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As an EASA Part-145 organization, HAITEC holds approvals from Civil Aviation Organizations of Russia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Bermuda and now the FAA for a broad range of Boeing and Airbus aircraft as well

Pratt & Whitney officially unveiled its new state-of-the-art Middletown, Connecticut, production facility to support production of the PurePower PW1100G-JM engine for the Airbus A320neo and the F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in a ceremony held on February 25th. The transformation of the facility is the product of significant capital investments

Thai Airways International signed a 12-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the airline’s GE90-115B engines that power its 14 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The OnPoint solution agreement will enable THAI to have the highest quality services at a predictable cost. OnPoint solutions are customized service agreements tailored to the operational needs

Monarch Aircraft Engineering has been granted Part M Subpart G approval as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Through the company’s Part M approval, MAEL’s experienced engineering team are approved to carry out tasks such as: Continuing Airworthiness Oversight, Maintenance Planning, Approved Maintenance Programme Development, Reliability Programme Technical

The Italian airline NEOS and Lufthansa Technik AG have extended their existing cooperation. Lufthansa Technik started its Total Component Support TCS for the NEOS fleet in 2002. The contract extension will run by further five years. The current NEOS fleet is composed of six Boeings 737-800W (Winglet) and two Boeings 767-300ERW (Extended Range Winglet) with

Boeing has selected BAE Systems to provide the Remote Electronic Units (REU) for both variants of the 777X aircraft. An REU is an electronic unit that manages the aircraft’s flight control surface actuators and interfaces with the Integrated Flight Control Electronics (IFCE), which BAE Systems was selected to provide in 2014. BAE Systems, which was

Flying Colours, the North Americas-based completions, refurbishment and maintenance specialists, has refurbished its first Sikorsky S-92 helicopter at its Peterborough, Canada headquarters. Delivery of the nine passengers S-92 took place at the end of January. The helicopter, which is a VIP variant, features a unique and eye-catching electric blue themed interior designed exclusively by the

Aircraft cabin lighting company STG Aerospace reported that Copa Airlines has become the latest airline to install its liTeMood retrofit LED lighting system representing the first airline in Latin America to complete a 737-800 liTeMood installation. With many of their 737NG fleet installed with Boeing Sky Interior, Copa looked for a cost effective solution to

Werner Aero Services has signed a long-term Engine Material Sale and Management agreement with a major European MRO to provide marketing and distribution services of its engine surplus spares. Under the agreement, which covers the V2500A-5 engine products, Werner will distribute the components throughout its world-wide network of customers. “We are very excited for the