MRO & Production

Final assembly of the first MRJ flight test aircraft under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries got underway on October 15th, at the Komaki South Plant of MHI’s Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works located in Aichi Prefecture. The start of final assembly follows the October 13th transfer of the aircraft’s mid fuselage fabricated […]

Werner Aero Services has completed its teardown of its recently purchased A319 aircraft. The components have been recertified and are being made available through Werner Aero’s leasing and pooling programs. “We are extremely pleased to have such a large array of components available to support the family of our Airbus customers” said Mike Cazaz, CEO

Eirtech Aviation has won a major contract with WestJet, for the installation and maintenance of advanced warning cabin pressurisation systems for Canada’s second largest airline. The work scope will be carried out on WestJet’s Boeing 737 fleet. Ireland’s Eirtech Aviation was chosen for presenting a solution that was both time-saving and also cost-effective, enabling the

AJW Technique, and Honeywell International have signed an Authorized Service Center Agreement and a Purchase Parts Agreement structured around a 5 year term. This will allow the new state-of-the-art AJW Group facility in Montreal, Canada to undertake the maintenance, repair and overhaul of specific products underpinned by direct access to Honeywell technical data and spare

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has been selected by FITS Aviation of Sri Lanka to provide two firm MD82SF 12 Pallet Configuration conversions. The first aircraft is an ex Alitalia MD82, (MSN 53217) built in 1993 and will soon be undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, Inc. which is located in Miami, Florida.

GA Telesis Composite Repair Group has received accreditation under ISO 9001/AS9110, Quality Management Systems – Requirements for aviation maintenance organizations as certified by QMI-SAI Global Certification Services. This certification covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft nacelles and structural airframe parts. This achievement gives GA Telesis Composite Repair Group visibility in the Online Aerospace

Bombardier officially opened its new wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast. Following the addition of close to 1,000 employees to its Northern Ireland workforce over the last two years, Bombardier announced that it will create at least 250 more employment opportunities over the next 12 months, to cater for its expanding aircraft programmes and

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines signed an agreement to double wire harness production at Ethiopian Airlines’ Wire Harness Facility. The Wire Harness Facility, based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, opened in 2009 and currently supplies seat-to-seat wire harnesses for all Boeing commercial airplane programs. Following this latest announcement Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines will place additional

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, is further extending its cooperation with Asia-Pacific carriers by signing a PBH-support agreement with Jakarta-based cargo operator Cardig Air. Under the agreement FL Technics will provide spare parts supply for the carrier’s Boeing 737-300F fleet. According to the three-year long agreement, FL

UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Xiamen Airlines to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its fleet of 6 new Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in July 2014. The 787-8 carbon brakes use