MRO & Production

Spirit AeroSystems celebrated the rollout of the first flight test pylon for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft. The pylon and underwing structure are used to mount the aircraft’s Pratt & Whitney power plant to the wing and are designed and manufactured by Spirit at the company’s Wichita, Kan., facility. In 2008, Mitsubishi awarded a […]

AJW Aviation has extended its on-going ten year power-by-the-hour contract with Berlin-based airline Germania, to now cover an additional five aircraft, including four A321s and one A319. The addition of these takes the number of aircraft under contract with AJW to a total of twenty-three Airbus and Boeing commercial jets. Germania anticipates future fleet additions

AirAsia X, the long haul, low fare airline affiliate of the AirAsia Group and GE Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the selection of CF6-80E1 engines to power AirAsia X’s 25 new firm Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with options for an additional three A330 aircraft. These engines will be covered by a multi-year OnPoint

UTC Aerospace Systems’ Engineered Polymer Products (EPP) facility in Jacksonville, Fla. recently received Nadcap (national aerospace and defense contractors accreditation program) accreditation for manufacture of aerospace composites. The company’s EPP team specializes in designing, manufacturing, testing and servicing acoustic and structural composite products for both military and commercial applications. Nadcap is a worldwide cooperative program

AAR, a global aerospace and defense contractor, has secured a contract with Aeromexico to provide heavy maintenance, or C checks, on three of the airline’s Boeing 767 aircraft. AAR will perform the work at the Indianapolis Maintenance Center, its largest maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in the U.S., located on the Indianapolis airport. Work

Airworthiness Management and Aviation Technical Expert PRIMUS Aircraft Management Solutions, extends its scope of services by adding flight operational expertise to the list. “Since our step into the African aviation market, about two years ago and as a member of the AfBAA we have seen that operational management expertise is one of the highest demands

Fuel component maintenance in Adelaide has launched and TAE is now providing world class turbine engine component maintenance to customers across Australasia, Asia Pacific and the rest of the world. The relocation of Masling Industries’ operations from Cootamundra, New South Wales to TAE’s Adelaide Airport facility has enabled TAE to fully integrate it’s small component

The redesigned vertical bevel gear shaft for Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 has been certified, enabling its production and installation on all rotorcraft of this type in operation globally, as well as those being produced. Certification was granted by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and is to be followed by validation from other international airworthiness authorities.

STS Component Solutions, a division of STS Aviation Group, has entered to an agreement for parts distribution with Air Maintenance Estonia, a leader in Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Organization that is located in Tallinn, Capital of Estonia. Through this consignment agreement, STS Component Solutions will be responsible for facilitating Air Maintenance Estonia reliable list of

PART has recently completed certification to perform maintenance on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. PART’s 145 certification permits maintenance support to perform Phase checks and Structural Repairs in care of the B787. PART has multiple, flight ready Boeing 787 Dreamliners on site and has completed maintenance in support of eleven Dreamliners thus far. PART, an ARC