MRO & Production

On April 19th, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the battery system improvements for the 787 Dreamliner, clearing the way for Boeing and its customers to install the approved modifications and consequently lead to a return to service and resumption of new production deliveries.

Boeing will adjust the production rate for the 747-8 program from two airplanes to 1.75 airplanes per month because of lower market demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes. Boeing will continue to monitor market conditions and their effect on production rates moving forward. The company expects long-term average growth in the air cargo market

Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS) is expanding its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) offer in the Asia-Pacific region even further: the cornerstone was laid on 18 April for two new LTS buildings at Bao’An International Airport in Shenzhen in southern China, where the company is headquartered. When they are complete, LTS will have doubled its workshop

Copa Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a five-year Total Component Maintenance (TCM) contract for the airline’s entire Boeing 737NG fleet, currently consisting of more than 60 Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft. Respective services will also be provided to aircraft due to be delivered to Copa Airlines in the next few years. Lufthansa Technik

Yunnan Jingcheng Group, one of China’s leading companies that specializes in construction & tourism, headquartered in Ruli, China, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a completion contract for a Boeing Business Jet. The project will start in November 2013 after the hand-over from the painting facility at Lufthansa Technik’s US-subsidiary BizJet International in Tulsa/Oklahoma.

GA Telesis Composite Repair Group (GAT CRG) announced the signing of an exclusive CF6-80 Nacelle Support Agreement with Transaero Airlines located in Moscow, Russia. GA Telesis CRG through the support for CF6-80C nacelle systems configured for B747-400 and B767 aircraft. GAT CRG also signed an exclusive CF6-80A Thrust Reverser Support Agreement with Star Air. GA

REVIMA delivered the first B747-400ER/F overhauled landing gear shipset to a North American customer. This model is the latest addition to REVIMA’s extensive repair capability for Boeing aircraft. REVIMA has experience servicing a global customer base of 747 Classic, 747-400/400F, 757-200, 777-200/300, MD11 aircraft. This first overhaul was performed in less than eight weeks and

GA Telesis has signed a total fleet support program agreement with Star Air A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark). The flight hour-based support agreement will cover Inventory support, component maintenance and full supply-chain logistic and warehousing solutions. Star Air A/S is part of the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group and operates as a Danish cargo airline. Star Air was founded in

Apple Aviation (AA), a successful, UK based aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) company approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for EASA Part 145 Base/line maintenance and EASA Part M Continued Airworthiness Management. AA has selected Aerohub, Newquay Cornwall Airport as the location for its aerospace maintenance facility headquarters. AA currently operates at

Barfield, a Sabena technics company, announced the signature of a four-year contract with Aruba Airlines, the Dutch Antilles’ operator, for the full support of its fleet of two Airbus A320. Barfield’s Airline programs division, in charge of managing power by the hour contracts, will provide nose-to-tail component support and repair, with some components being repaired