MRO & Production

Turbomeca (Safran) announced its agreement with Indonesia’s PT Travira Air for a Customer Support agreement extending a “Support By The Hour” (SBH) contract for five more years. The €5.7m ($9.5m) contract covers a total of 20 engines (Arriel 1D1, 2S1,2S2 and 1S1), including spares, fitted to seven Sikorsky S76 and one Airbus Helicopters AS350B2 aircraft. […]

Nigerian-based Discovery Air has selected ASC to provide full component support on its fleet of Boeing B737-300 aircraft. This Power-by-the-Hour (PBH) contract will cover an initial three operational aircraft, with scope to expand as the airline looks to develop its route network domestically and regionally to destinations including Gambia, Ghana and Cameroon. New start-up Discovery

Lufthansa Technik has won two new Asian customers for Cyclean Engine Wash. Asiana Airlines and Hong Kong Airlines now number amongst the more than 30 airlines worldwide using the MRO provider’s product. Lufthansa Technik already offers the engine cleaning service at stations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Asiana Airlines began cleaning the

Bombardier Aerospace held an inauguration event, coinciding with the Singapore Airshow, to officially open its new full-scale, company-owned service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. The facility features 3,000 m² (32,000 ft²) of hangar space, 3,500 m² (38,000 ft²) of dedicated ramp, 3,500 m² (38,000 ft²) of workshop, warehouse and office space. The service

TAP Maintenance and Engineering Brazil, part of TAP Portugal Group, announced its cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo AG to launch MD-11F heavy maintenance services, starting end of January 2014. Lufthansa Cargo AG operates a fleet of 16 MD-11Fs and 2 B777Fs.

Ontic UK have entered into license agreement with Rolls-Royce for the manufacturing and worldwide distribution rights for Dart aircraft engine components. The transition of support and manufacturing capabilities to Ontic’s Cheltenham, UK facility will commence immediately. Technical support will continue to be offered by Rolls-Royce. The Dart engine is in service on an active fleet

Boeing and Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica Company, have finalized a restructured contract for the 787 Program. The contract establishes a new performance based business arrangement that will drive improved operational performance for Alenia Aermacchi and the 787 program. Based on the market success and increased production rates of the 787 program, Boeing has confirmed orders

Just two years after beginning production, NORDAM announced shipment of the 70,000th cabin window assembly for the Airbus A320, one of the world’s most widely-used aircraft. Since 2012, NORDAM has been the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of cabin window assemblies for the A320 family, spanning the A318, A319, A320 and A321, as well as the

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been selected by Boeing to provide GoldCare support to Norwegian Air International’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner operation at London Gatwick Airport in the UK. MAEL’s experienced engineering team will commence support services in the second quarter of 2014 with the first of four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft entering into an initial

Pratt & Whitney marked the official opening of Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions, the company’s new repair and engineering facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park. The new flagship facility performs certain PW4000 engine component repair and will house various office support departments, including the company’s recently established regional office, and Global Services Engineering – Asia,