MRO & Production

Etihad Airways has opened a line maintenance base at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the UAE flag carrier’s seventh outside Abu Dhabi and its first in the United States. The new facility is equipped with the latest technology and will perform all scheduled and non-scheduled line maintenance for Etihad Airways’ daily Boeing 777 aircraft flying into […]

MacCarthy Aviation has been awarded another significant contract with British Airways to refurbish three more ship sets of galleys for B767 aircraft. British Airways is currently carrying out a refresh of the majority of its B767 fleet and the contract awarded to MacCarthy consists of galley refurbishments on long haul aircraft. The work package consists

UTC Aerospace Systems has been chosen by Pratt & Whitney as the exclusive nacelle provider for both engine models for Embraer’s new Second Generation E-Jet aircraft. The nacelle systems will be provided by the Aerostructures business unit headquartered in Chula Vista, Calif. The Embraer Second Generation E-Jets will be equipped with Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by USA Jet of Belleville Michigan to provide one MD83SF 12 Pallet Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, an MD83, MSN 49791 was built in 1989 and is currently undergoing freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, which is located in Miami, Florida. This is the first

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services GmbH (LBAS) and OHS Aviation Services successfully complete major check on a Bombardier Global Express. 8C check, cabin refurbishment and installation of new entertainment system Ovation Select by Honeywell. LBAS and OHS Aviation Services have successfully completed their largest ever single aircraft maintenance and refurbishment contract from a prestigious non disclosed

The vision and direction of AJW Group continues to forge ahead as AJW Technique is awarded EASA Part-145 Approved Maintenance Organisation status. This follows the Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approval, recognised by the USA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which was granted last month. The Montréal facility is now the centralised hub for the global

On February 27, Ameco Beijing completed the first Boeing 737-800 cabin modification for Air China. The cabin modification of Air China Boeing 737-800 fleet aims at elevating cabin service quality and leading China aviation market, mainly including the work scope of the first class cabin layout modification and PC power system installation. Starting from April

Cebu Pacific Air, the Philippines’ largest carrier, has appointed Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO”) as the provider of engineering services for its fleet of up to eight Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The HAECO group will provide Inventory Technical Management (ITM) and Fleet Technical Management (FTM) services for Cebu Pacific’s wide-body fleet of A330-300 aircraft. The

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched a Passenger to Freighter Conversion Program for Bombardier’s CRJ100 and CRJ200 aircraft. The program has been studied for over a year and the aircraft will be marketed as CRJ100 and CRJ200 Special Freighter (SF) aircraft. The program development costs are being fully funded by AEI. The modification touch labor

JetBlue Airways has signed a letter of intent with Airbus to acquire 110 ship-sets of retrofit Sharklets for the airline’s in-service A320 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2014. Just last week, JetBlue Airways unveiled the first of its A320 aircraft to be outfitted with Sharklets. Sharklets are newly designed wing tip devices that