MRO & Production

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has secured a three-year extension to its long-standing JetSpares contract with Braathens Technical AB of Sweden in support of 12 Avro RJ regional jetliners operated by Braathens subsidiary, Malmö Aviation. The contract has an option to run for a fourth year and will cover continued Avro RJ operations by Malmö Aviation […]

On January 11, Ameco Beijing completed a C check for a Boeing 747-400 aircraft of ACT airlines. It is the first cooperation between Ameco Beijing and ACT Airlines. ACT operates five Airbus A330B4-200 aircraft and two Boeing 747-400 aircraft with destinations mainly in Europe, north-south-west Africa and the Middle East.

UTair Aviation JSC of Tyumen, Russia has selected TES Aviation Group (TES) of Wales, UK as their engine fleet management partner for the fixed wing fleet of aircraft. TES will be supporting UTair in direct partnership for all off-wing technical and commercial engine management activities, with the objectives to reduce cost of engine operations and

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first production aircraft set of winglets to Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft that will serve the 100– to 149-seat market segment. Delivery of the composite winglets has followed a three-year design, test and initial manufacturing programme which has minimised winglet weight and complexity and maximised aircraft

SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, is preparing to add a component repair shop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to supplement the company’s existing repair network in Switzerland, Spain and Abu Dhabi. The facility, which will open in Q4 2013, will place SR Technics closer to its customers in Asia Pacific and supports

Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has launched its new Split Scimitar Winglet program with an order from United Airlines. Using a newly patented design, the program will consist of retrofitting existing Boeing Next Generation 737 Blended Winglets by replacing the aluminum winglet tip cap with a new aerodynamically shaped “Scimitar” TM winglet tip cap and by

Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) has entered into a multiyear agreement with TECT Power to perform chemical milling services for titanium fan blades used in Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. The GP7200 fan blades are produced by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies (UTX) and partner with GE Aviation in the Engine Alliance joint venture. The

Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) reported that construction work has now started on its 110,000 ft² state-of-the-art maintenance facility, at Birmingham Airport in the UK. This follows the announcement on November 20th, 2012 about the new facility, which is creating 150 new jobs with the potential for a further 150. The construction work is due to

Boeing purchased a new building in Salt Lake County, Utah. Employees at the new site, located in West Jordan, will focus on fabrication of composite horizontal stabilizer components for the 787-9. The new site, located 20 miles from Boeing’s fabrication and assembly site in Salt Lake City, was purchased from Masco (MAS). Terms of the