MRO & Production

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a joint venture between Germany’s leading engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Air Holding Company, celebrated the MTU Maintenance group’s 1,000th overhaul of a General Electric CFM56. The engine was delivered to customer China Southern Airlines. The celebration event was opened by Frank Bodenhage, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai President and CEO, […]

Japanese airline StarFlyer und Lufthansa Technik are extending and expanding their cooperation. The technical support provided since the airline began operating in 2006 is now being continued and even broadened through a Total Technical Support TTS contract valid through 2022. As part of its comprehensive supply of the airline’s current fleet of eleven Airbus A320s,

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Company (GAMECO), a MRO Joint Venture owned by China Southern Airlines, South China International Aircraft Engineering and Hutchison Aircraft Maintenance Investment, announced the inauguration of the new GAMECO Phase II Hangar at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. With hangar doors being lifted up slowly, a China Southern aircraft and a

Spirit AeroSystems shipped its first leading and trailing edge wing structures for the A320neo program from its Prestwick, Scotland, site. Spirit’s Prestwick operation supports assembly of leading and trailing edges for Airbus single-aisle wings and variants.

As a leading repair and overhaul center in the region, Turkish Technic has provided component repair services for Aerotron for many years. The recent agreement is the first agreement between the two parties for APU services. Turkish Technic will be providing services for the re-certification of APS3200 type APU. Turkish Technic APU Services, is the

AMAC Aerospace, a leading provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services, has redelivered its first wide body project, an Airbus A340, to a private Middle Eastern client. The Airbus A340 aircraft came to AMAC initially for a C8 Maintenance check but an additional partial refurbishment was also requested which consisted of woodwork restoration, renewed

Eirtech Aviation has been appointed by Qatar Airways to paint airline’s fleet. This is one of the Irish aviation services company’s largest contract wins, which will see the work carried out across a number of its operational bases including Shannon, Dublin, Ostrava and Rome. The seven-year contract involves the exterior repainting of 74 of Qatar

Airbus has achieved assembly of the engine pylon for the first A320neo to fly. The pylon, which has just been completed at the dedicated pylon facility in St Eloi in Toulouse, is the first major airframe component assembly to take place for the NEO programme. In parallel with this pylon construction, other major NEO components