MRO & Production

TAP Maintenance & Engineering and AFI KLM E&M renewed and expanded their mutual confidence to their respective services. The two partners adjusted the perimeter of their collaboration, which now covers the repair support for A330-340 components and support of APU equipping TAP Portugal’s fleet of A330/A340 to be performed by AFI KLM E&M. Also, within […]

Sabena technics has extended its 20-year global repair and overhaul affiliation with Honeywell by becoming a Honeywell Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) network partner for the company’s air transport customers. As an authorized Honeywell MRO network partner Sabena technics will benefit from Honeywell support and training and can provide customers with Honeywell-approved MRO services around

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected to provide the Lube and Scavenge pump for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM and PW1400G engines, which will power the Airbus A320neo and Irkut MC-21, respectively. Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected by Embraer S.A. to supply both the Brake Control and Landing Gear Control Systems

LATAM Airlines Group and GE Aviation signed a memorandum of understanding for a 10-year OnPoint solution agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of 120 CF6-80C2 engines that power its Boeing 767 aircraft. The OnPoint solution agreement is valued at more than $500m over the life of the contract. Air Canada has committed to a

GE Aviation launched the TRUEngine program on its CF34 engines with Azul, Flybe, GoJet, Jetscape, LOT and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The CF34 TRUEngine launch expands the TRUEngine designation from CFM56, CF6 and GEnx engines. To qualify for TRUEngine status, the engine configuration, overhaul practices, spare parts and repairs used to service an engine

Travel Service Airlines has chosen AJW Aviation to provide power-by-the-hour support for another five years. This five year extension will now provide support for its fleet of 27 aircraft comprising B737-700 and B737-800. The contract will also continue to include free access to AJW parts, held at the airline’s Central European support and logistics centre

Alcoa has completed the expansion of aluminum lithium capacity at its Kitts Green facility in the United Kingdom to serve the growing demand for the Company’s 3rd generation aluminum lithium alloys. Alcoa projects its aluminum lithium revenues will quadruple over the next six years to nearly $200m. The Kitts Green expansion was the second phase

Sikorsky Aerospace Services announced the signing of an agreement with Vector Aerospace that appoints Vector’s United Kingdom facilities as authorized Customer Service Centres (CSC) to support Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. The Customer Service Centres will offer Sikorsky S-76 helicopter operators complete aftermarket support, including Sikorsky trained local maintenance personnel for on-site comprehensive maintenance management, inspections and

UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by Airbus to supply a common fuel gauging system for its single-aisle aircraft. UTC Aerospace Systems currently provides the full fuel gauging system for the Airbus A321 aircraft. This selection adds the A319, A320 and A320neo platforms. Initial production hardware deliveries will begin in Q1 of 2014. The system

GE Aviation’s aerostructures business has begun the development of a 9,000-m² composites production facility at its Hamble, U.K. site as part of a five-year, $50m-plus investment at the site to support the company’s manufacture of wing components for the Airbus A350 XWB jetliner family. This facility will enable GE Aviation, Hamble to ramp-up the output