MRO & Production

Boeing and Rostec signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their joint venture by establishing a second Ural Boeing Manufacturing (UBM) production facility. The UBM facility will make titanium parts in the Urals in the Titanium Valley of Russia. In July 2009, Boeing and VSMPO-AVISMA, Russia’s largest titanium producer, opened a 50/50 equity joint venture, […]

Bombardier Aerospace has signed a repair agreement with Oman Air, based in Muscat, Oman. The eight-year contract will see Bombardier undertake all repair work on Rolls-Royce Trent 700 inlet cowls for Oman Air’s fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft.

Vector Aerospace Corporation, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services announced the establishment of a new engine facility at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park specially built for the PW150A turboprop engine. The new 8,000 m² engine center housing a 5,200 m² state-of-the-art facility represents Vector Aerospace’s appointment as a Pratt and

Lufthansa Technik AG is expanding its long-established activities in the important and strongly growing Middle Eastern aviation market even further. At Lufthansa Technik Middle East Services (LTMES), headquartered in Dubai, the range of technical services and sales activities for the region’s customers is being expanded significantly. Owing to rising demand for on-site technical services for

Ethiopian Airlines has signed a 10-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for maintenance, repair and overhaul of its GE90 engines. Under this agreement, GE will maintain Ethiopian’s GE90 engines that power its 16 B777 aircraft, which comprises of six B777-200LRs, six B777Fs, and four B777-300ERs.

Emirates airline and OEMServices have extended their contract for the Emirates’ A380 fleet. The extended agreement will cover Emirates’ fleet of 90 A380s, and will include support of the new Supplemental Cooling System provided by Liebherr as well as the Monogram components. Since 2005, OEMServices has become a leader in component and logistics services. The

Lufthansa Technik Airmotive Ireland (LTAI), the jet engine overhaul facility at Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, which employs 400 people, announced that it is to commence a process to consider closing the company, subject to consultation with employee representatives. LTAI will begin immediate negotiations with its three trade unions (TEEU, SIPTU, UNITE) and existing employee representatives. The

GE Aviation, a global leader in jet engine and aircraft system production, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on November 14th, at the site of its new advanced composites factory near Asheville in Western North Carolina. The new 170,000-ft² will be the first to mass produce engine components made of advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials. GE

Aviointeriors has been chosen by Transaero to contribute to the expansion of the Business Class also in the medium-haul application on board of its B737-800. Transaero has decided to enhance the comfort for its passengers even more, by reconfiguring its B737-800 aircrafts and installing the Zeus model seats produced by Aviointeriors in its Imperial Class