MRO & Production

Constant Aviation has been selected by Embraer to become an Authorized Service Center at their Cleveland (CLE) Facility on the Legacy 450 and 500 airframes. Constant Aviation will be able to provide complete maintenance and avionics services as well as modifications, composite repairs, Airworthiness Directives and Service Bulletins on both types of aircraft. The organization […]

Sabena Technics signed component repair services contract with Airbus for Flight Hour Services (FHS). The present agreement will allow Airbus to support services development, such as FHS, to benefit from Sabena Technics expertise, performance and competitive flat rate prices and will cover the repair and overhaul of Airbus A320 and A330 components of diverse technologies

Dassault Aviation recently received regulatory approval from the EASA to operate as a Part 147 Training Center, the first such authorization to be granted to a business jet OEM. The approval allows Dassault Aviation to comply with new European regulations requiring that technicians be offered practical maintenance instruction in addition to theoretical training, and permits

Auditors from the Thai Civil Aviation Authority have completed their appraisal of AJW Technique’s state-of-the-art facility in Montreal. The audit involved a detailed review of the organisation’s quality systems and processes. The Authority did not identify any areas in need of corrective action. DCA Certification is the most recent in a developing list of regionally

HeliVert, a joint venture between Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland, has received a Certificate of Approval from the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee (AR IAC) for production of the AW139 commercial helicopter. The certificate is valid for two years. Following an audit by the AR IAC in May 2012 HeliVert was awarded a one-year

Manufacturing firm Yuken Europe has secured work supporting Bombardier Aerospace at one of its facilities in Northern Ireland. The Liverpool-based company designs and manufactures a broad range of high quality, durable hydraulic equipment including pumps and valves. Its hydraulic technology is used across many different sectors and applications, playing a crucial role in the manufacturing

WheelTug plc reported the execution of a Slot Option Purchase Agreement with Air Transat, for four slot options for 737NG aircraft. With the new reservations the order book of WheelTug aircraft drive systems grows to 785 delivery slots reserved by fourteen airlines from Europe, America, the Middle East and Asia.

Irish airline Aer Arann, operating regional air routes for Aer Lingus Regional, and the European regional aircraft manufacturer ATR have agreed to extend its existing Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) covering the airline’s fleet of eight ATR 72-600s and two ATR 72-500 aircraft for five more years. The original contract was signed in 2007 with the

Romanian aerospace company Aerostar S.A., released that in the past two years the number of ‘C’ and ‘D’ checks carried out by Aerostar for its Middle East, Turkey and North African customers has averaged 26/27 aircraft per year. Last year the market in the region represented some 53% of Aerostar’s commercial MRO business which saw

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, (Boeing Shanghai) reported the signing of 767 heavy maintenance agreements with Air Astana and Rossiya Airlines. The airlines, based in Kazakhstan and Russia, respectively, are new customers for Boeing Shanghai. Boeing Shanghai will conduct two 767 C-checks for Air Astana and three 767 C-checks for Rossiya Airlines at Boeing Shanghai’s facility