MRO & Production

OEMServices opens new service center in Dubai

OEMServices opens in Dubai in September its new service center dedicated to the aerospace market. Located in Jebel Ali Free Zone, near Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, this new center will benefit from a strategic location in the Middle East. The nearly 2.000 m² warehouse, fully furnished and air-conditioned, will host the OEMServices operations (AOG […]

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Boeing Shanghai gets more business from Nordwind Airlines

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, (Boeing Shanghai) and Russia-based Nordwind Airlines, a charter airline with headquarters in Moscow, are expanding their business cooperation by signing a new maintenance agreement that will include heavy checks, pylon modifications, full painting, landing gear replacement, avionics upgrades and cabin modifications on seven 767-300ERs that will enter service this month. Nordwind

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StandardAero signs partnership agreement with Airteam in South Africa

StandardAero and Airteam, of Pretoria, South Africa, have signed a partnership agreement to provide PT6 engine maintenance through a co-branded foothold in the Southern African region. The new partnership is expected to be fully up and running by the end of September, 2014 and all engine services will be performed at either Airteam’s Wonderboom Airport

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MTU Maintenance Zhuhai achieves 1500th shop visit milestone

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai has completed its 1500th shop visit since it commenced operations in 2003. The milestone was achieved through the scheduled shop visit of a CFM565B from an overseas customer. This highlights both the strong recent growth of this engine program and the increasing global reach of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai. In 2013 the company

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EASA certification granted to Bombardier’s Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 jets

Bombardier’s Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft have received full type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “Since their entry-into-service last December, our Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft have received strong interest from our customers,” said Éric Martel, President, Bombardier Business Aircraft.”

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Alcoa signs multiyear supply contract with Boeing worth more than $1bn

Aerospace manufacturer Alcoa has signed a long-term contract to supply aluminum sheet and plate products to Boeing. The multiyear contract, valued at more than $1bn, is the largest ever between the two companies. “This historic agreement not only continues the 35-year Alcoa-Boeing partnership, it will take our collaboration on next-generation metallic technologies even further,” said

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Ameco Guangzhou Outstation undertakes line maintenance for Aeroflot

Ameco Guangzhou Outstation started line maintenance for A330-300 from Aeroflot Russian Airlines on September 1st, 2014. It’s the 8th international 3rd-party customer for Ameco Guangzhou Outstation after Qatar Airways, Egyptair, Air France, Turkish Airlines, Air Madagascar, Garuda Indonesia as well as Iraq Airways. Headquartered in Beijing, Ameco’s international third-party line maintenance business extends to outstations

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ST Engineering's Aerospace arm to establish MRO facility at Pensacola International Airport

ST Engineering released that VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering (VT MAE) and the City of Pensacola have signed an agreement to set up an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida. This follows the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in December 2013. Under the agreement, the City

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AJW Aviation becomes authorised worldwide distributor of aircraft lamps for CML Innovative Technologies

AJW Aviation has signed a global distribution agreement with Chicago Miniature Lighting. Founded in 1931, CML manufactures a wide range of lighting that delivers optimum service life and top quality performance to meet the lighting requirements of aircraft manufacturers and maintenance facilities worldwide. This includes: Instrumental Lighting, Cabin Lighting, Flight Deck Lighting, Navigation and Anti-collision

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Russian Helicopters to build Russia’s largest helicopter gearbox and transmission assembly and testing facility

Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Oboronprom, part of State Corporation Rostec, has launched construction of a new assembly and testing facility at its Reductor-PM plant in Perm. On completion, the facility will be the largest of its type in Russia. Construction facilities are currently being put in place at the site, and preparatory groundworks are

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