MRO & Production

Vector Aerospace has signed a new seven-year exclusive engine service agreement with Precision Air Services, to support the Tanzanian airline’s fleet of ATR regional turboprop aircraft. Precision Air is the second largest operator of ATR aircraft in Africa, flying a fleet of five ATR 72-500, three ATR 42-500 and one ATR 42-600 regional turboprops to […]

Lufthansa Technik AG has been commissioned with comprehensive component supply for the fleet of A320s operated by the Philippine carrier Pan Pacific Airlines. The Total Component Support (TCS®) contract with a term of six years took effect on November 1, 2017. The integrated component support comprises the repair and overhaul of components as well as

Embraer and Austral Líneas Aéreas, Aerolíneas Argentina’s domestic airline, have extended their Flight Hour Pool Program agreement until 2021 to continue providing repairable component support for the carrier’s fleet of 26 E190 jet aircraft. The announcement was made during the Embraer Operators Conference, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from October 31st to November 2nd. The

At the MRO Asia exhibition VietJet, Vietnam’s fast-growing low-cost carrier signed a five-year contract for the fitting of Pall Aerospace’s Avionics Cooling Filtration System on to its fleet of 92 Airbus A320 family (plus five options) aircraft that it operates and has on order. The deal is the largest ever Pall Aerospace Supplier Furnished Equipment

Pratt & Whitney has entered into an agreement with Satair Group, a provider of aftermarket services and solutions for the civil aerospace industry, for the exclusive distribution of PW4000 100-inch engine nacelle exhaust system parts. Under the terms of the agreement, Satair Group will distribute the spare parts to Pratt & Whitney’s worldwide customer base.

Magnetic MRO is opening its purpose-built paint hangar’s doors for operation as of November 2nd, and has confirmed that the hangar is already booked for the next 6 months by both existing and new customers. The new facility is located at its Tallinn home-base and has been built as a part of the company’s growth

Sibir Technic, a subsidiary of the ENGINEERING Holding is the first MRO company in Russia to start providing light base maintenance, the A-check on Embraer E170 regional jets. Russia’s only operator of Embraer E170, S7 Airlines launched operation of this type in the spring of 2017. Sibir Technic’s maintenance staff received appropriate training and ratings

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to Pinnacle Partners. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7421) will commence modification in November with redelivery scheduled for March 2018. The second CRJ200 (MSN 7417) will commence modification in December, with redelivery scheduled for April 2018. Both freighter conversions will take place

India’s third largest airline, SpiceJet, has partnered with STG Aerospace in a cabin lighting retrofit programme, which will see the airline upgrade its fleet of 737-700/-800/-900 with LED aftermarket ambient lighting solution, liTeMood®. This is the first major retrofit win for STG Aerospace in the Asia Pacific region and the largest lighting retrofit contract that