MRO & Production

Southwest Airlines expanded its OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation to cover a total of 196 CFM56-7B engines which power its Boeing 737-800 aircraft, and up to 100 CFM56-7B engines, that power recently acquired Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announced that Vector Aerospace Africa (Pty) engine repair and overhaul facility, located in Lanseria, South Africa, has been appointed a Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-140 aircraft engine.

Rolls-Royce has signed a service support agreement with Thomson Airways for RB211-535 engines that power the airline’s Boeing 757 aircraft. The service support agreement has been designed specifically for Thomson and will support the airline’s Boeing 757 aircraft for the duration of their time in the fleet. Thomson Airways, part of the TUI Group, is

Werner Aero Services has placed complete sets of V2500-A5 nacelle components in New Jersey, USA and in Brussels, Belgium. The components are strategically positioned in these two locations to support its US and European customers with quicker turn around times. Werner Aero Services plans to continually add more V2500-A5 pool locations to faster reach its

GE Aviation hosted a ceremonial ground breaking on July 22nd, for a new $100m jet engine assembly facility in Lafayette, Indiana. The new 225,000-ft² facility in Lafayette will assemble the new LEAP engine of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company of GE and Snecma (Safran) of France. CFM has logged total orders and commitments with

LOT Polish Airlines has selected Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, to overhaul the main and nose landing gear systems of their Embraer E-Jet E1 fleet, which comprises E170 and E175 aircraft. The contract was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow. In addition to MRO services, it includes an integrated support solution, which covers spare parts and engineering

Héroux-Devtek, a leading Canadian manufacturer of aerospace products, has renewed an important multi-year contract with Bell Helicopter for the manufacturing of components and assemblies for several helicopter programs. Under the terms of the agreement, Héroux-Devtek will manufacture the main rotor hub and the tail rotor hub for the new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, as

Fokker Elmo, a business unit of Fokker Technologies and SASMOS HET Technologies have signed agreements for producing electrical wiring interconnection systems in Bangalore, India. Recognizing the Indian aviation market is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic aviation markets in the world, aircraft manufacturers have the need for Indian Industrial Participation, presenting an excellent

Avia Solutions Group, a WSE listed global provider of one-stop-shop aviation business solutions, and Kaunas Free Economic Zone Management UAB have signed a memorandum of cooperation with regard to the development of a new Aviation Park in the territory of the Kaunas Free Economic Zone, Lithuania. Upon the successful implementation of all project stages the