In order to ensure optimal support to its ATR 42/72 airline operations, Danish Air Transport, the Denmark-based company which provides passenger charters as well as freight services, has increased its collaboration with Sabena technics, a key player in component repair and overhaul, by signing a three-year extension to the initial component services agreement. Within the […]
All Nippon Airways has signed an eight-year extension to its exclusive part repair agreement with Pratt & Whitney, to continue support of the airline’s fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines. The repair work will be performed throughout Pratt & Whitney’s worldwide network of part repair facilities in support of
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Saint-Gobain Aerospace has signed a long-term contract with Bell Helicopter of Fort Worth, Texas, to supply nose radomes for the new Bell 525 Relentless helicopter program. The radomes will be manufactured with advanced Norton Armor materials from Saint-Gobain that provide superior radar transparency and in-flight durability. Saint-Gobain Aerospace specializes in the design, manufacture, repair and
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UTC Aerospace Systems has been chosen by Qatar Airways to provide a comprehensive suite of nacelle maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for selected Airbus aircraft operated by the Qatari flag-carrier. The agreement for services covers Airbus A300 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines and A320 airplanes powered by V2500 engines built by
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ATK announced the award of a contract valued at more than $50m from Rolls-Royce, to produce aft fan composite cases for the new Trent XWB-97 engine. The contract has the potential to grow to more than $200m. This Rolls-Royce engine is the sole engine now available to power the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft variant. The life-of-type
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International Russian airline, Transaero Airlines (Moscow, Russia) awarded GA Telesis Engine Services Oy (“GATES”) an exclusive 10 year contract valued at up to $500m to provide engine repair and overhaul services for Transaero’s sixty-two (62) General Electric CF6-80C2 engines for their Boeing 767 and Boeing 747 fleets. Transaero will be GATES’ largest customer and the
GE Aviation has plans to break ground this year on an advanced composite component factory near Asheville in Western North Carolina. The new 125,000-ft² facility (next to an existing GE Aviation machining plant) would produce engine components made of advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials. GE could begin hiring at the new CMC components plant
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Air Corsica has signed a support contract with AFI KLM E&M covering the single A320 aircraft the Corsica-based carrier currently leases from Air France. The agreement includes component support with pool access, engineering services and repairs on a flight hour basis. AFI KLM E&M will also provide wheel and tire support, together with overhaul and
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Air Kasaï, the Democratic Republic of the Congo-based airline, has selected Sabena technics for the component support of its first ATR72-200.Within the scope of this contract, Sabena technics will provide Air Kasaï with component support, pool access, implementation of a Main Base Kit as well as Continuous Airworthiness Management. In the coming months, Air Kasaï
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Aeronautical Engineers has been selected by FARNAIR Europe to provide four firm B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration conversions, with an option for four additional conversions. The first aircraft, a high gross weight B737-400 will undergo freighter modification in August of 2013 at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet.
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