MRO & Production

SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, and Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia (GMF) have signed a five-year service agreement for component repairs in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under this agreement, GMF will act as SR Technics’ regional support workshop for approximately 150 part numbers, and will develop its existing in-house repair capabilities accordingly. SR Technics […]

Lufthansa Technik and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) signed a comprehensive engine support contract. The German company will look after the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines of the six Airbus A310s in PIA’s fleet. The five-year contract covers spare engine support, engineering services, logistics and repair and overhaul. The new partnership follows the recent signing of

FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made solutions for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, successfully develops its Line Maintenance support network by launching two new Line Stations in Lviv, Ukraine and Kutaisi, Georgia. The company also plans to open a Line Station in Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya. The new stations at Lviv

Mesa Air Group signed an 11-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its 138 CF34-8 engine fleet. The agreement is valued at $350m over the life of the agreement. Mesa currently operates 71 aircraft with approximately 396 daily system departures to 77 cities, and recently announced an additional 30 CF34-powered ERJ175

Aeronautical Engineers released that Kahala Aviation of Ireland has converted one of two options secured in April 2013 to a firm order. The third aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 25372) built in 1992 and is currently undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet Services in Dothan Alabama. The B737-400

The Columbus Two first shipset B737-800 has been presented and delivered to Air Niugini. Columbus Two, the seat model for medium-range applications, has so become a certified reality and it will make its first flight in January 2014. The Columbus family, the range of Aviointeriors’ lightweight economy class seats presented in Hamburg just a year

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services and Aeroflot Russian Airlines have agreed to the airline’s 15th 767 C-check for induction this month at Boeing Shanghai’s facility at Pudong Airport. The new agreement celebrates and continues a successful business cooperation that began in 2010 with the launch of Boeing Shanghai’s 767 and 777 maintenance support programs. Boeing Shanghai’s

Jet Aviation Teterboro received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to perform base and line maintenance on Gulfstream G650 aircraft. Jet Aviation’s Teterboro repair station is now authorized by the FAA to provide base, line, repair and overhaul maintenance support to Gulfstream G650 aircraft. This authorization also extends to Jet Aviation’s Cayman AMO, Bermuda

Boeing has selected GKN to manufacture the Advanced Technology Winglet for the 737 MAX. Production of the winglets will take place at the GKN site at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, with final assembly at GKN’s facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Already a market success, the 737 MAX has more

Ducommun has received a multiyear contract from Parker Aerospace to produce complex printed circuit board assemblies for use in the fuel management system of the Airbus A350 family of commercial aircraft. The award has a potential value in excess of $20m over the contract period, and is expected to begin production in mid-2014. Ducommun also