MRO & Production

Fokker Elmo B.V., part of Fokker Technologies, has successfully started manufacturing Electrical Wiring harnesses for engine nacelles made at GKN Aerospace Cowes, for a range of military transport and commercial aircraft as well as business and private jets. Fokker Elmo is already supplying GKN Aerospace with Airbus A320 wing wiring. The new contract confirms Fokker […]

THAI Smile, a subsidiary of THAI Airways, will become the first Airbus A320 commercial operator to benefit from Airbus’ Flight Hour Services Tailored Support Package (FHS-TSP) following a contract signed between THAI Airways International and Airbus. The contract, which will run for 15 years, provides an extensive scope of A320 line replaceable units (LRUs) and

Crane Aerospace & Electronics announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Crane’s SmartStem Wireless Tire Pressure System for Learjet 40 and 45 aircraft. The certification for the Learjet 40/45 system adds to the growing list of SmartStem Tire Pressure Sensors already certified for use on a variety of

Lockheed Martin Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT), has entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets of the engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business of Aveos Fleet Performance, located in Montreal, Canada. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed and are not material to Lockheed Martin. The closing of

GE Aviation and SeaCast, Inc. have established a 50/50 joint venture, Montana Precision Products, to produce jet engine components at SeaCast’s facility in Butte, Montana. SeaCast, which has its headquarters in Marysville, Washington, produces castings and specialty components. The joint venture in Butte will produce tubes, ducts and small structural castings for GE jet engines.

Recognizing the 200th aircraft redelivery for JetBlue Airways and the 500th total redelivery at its modern Tampa facility, PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) honored its staff and JetBlue executives at a celebratory event at its Tampa headquarters.

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

SuperJet International – a joint venture between Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Company) and Sukhoi Holding – announced the execution of a “SuperCare” Agreement with the launch customer for South-East Asia Sky Aviation, for after-sales support of its SSJ100 fleet of up to 12 aircraft. SuperJet International will provide the Indonesian carrier Sky Aviation with customized