MRO & Production

AMAC Aerospace, the Swiss-based provider of corporate aviation maintenance and completion services, has been granted Boeing B747-400 and B747-8 series Part 145 approval with immediate effect. Base and line maintenance services on these types can now be provided to all AMAC customers, with no restrictions. The news of the Boeing approvals comes hot on the […]

SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, has signed a long-term contract with Emirates for line maintenance services out of Zurich airport. Under the agreement SR Technics will provide extensive line maintenance support for Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 or A340 aircraft types. With up to two aircraft being serviced each day over

Thales and ACSS announced that Mexico-based airline Interjet has selected the T3CAS integrated surveillance system for installation on its order of Airbus A320 jets. Interjet’s first six A320s will be delivered with T3CAS, including two in November 2012 and four in 2013. T3CAS is an integrated surveillance platform from ACSS that combines a traffic alert

LAN Airlines has placed an order for Airbus’ Space-Flex PRM (Persons with Reduced Mobility) lavatory option to equip new Airbus A320 aircraft. LAN joins TAM Airlines in selecting Space-Flex which creates more passenger comfort. This brings total orders for Space-Flex to equip 101 A320 Family aircraft. LAN and TAM, which recently merged to form LATAM

Aleris has received orders to provide aluminum to Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd, a manufacturing subsidiary of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), for the production of multiple sets of COMAC’s C919 test planes. Aleris will provide conventional aluminum alloys as well as an advanced aluminum alloy with high-damage tolerance to be used on

Lufthansa Technik AG and Franke Care System GmbH have signed an exclusive license agreement for the series production and global marketing of the Silencer noise attenuation system, for which a patent is pending. Use of this system developed by Lufthansa Technik significantly reduces the level of noise generated during the maintenance of aircraft electronics in

CIRCOR Aerospace, a business unit of CIRCOR International, has been selected by Meggitt Aerospace Braking Systems to manufacture the Electro-Mechanical Actuator component on a Motor-Actuated Parking Valve for an undisclosed large executive business jet. Shipments should begin in January 2014. CIRCOR Aerospace will perform the manufacturing, final assembly and testing of these actuators at its

AFI KLM E&M is assisting Air Madagascar during the deployment and first few months’ flight operations of two recently-acquired A340-300s from Air France. The services provided included the aircraft’s preparation, re-painting in the Air Madagascar livery, transfer, and “Total Care” maintenance.

Iberia and Orbest Airlines have signed a contract covering the maintenance of components of the Airbus A320s and A330s operated by the Palma de Majorca-based company, a unit of the Orizonia holiday Group. For three years, such aircraft components as sensors, audio system control panels, fire extinguishers, flight recorders, and radio beacons will be inspected

Pratt & Whitney recently signed five new contracts for its Engine Management Program (EMP) service in which Pratt & Whitney monitors and helps maintain customers’ engine performance. Through these agreements, Pratt & Whitney has two new U.S.-based customers — Southern Air, located in Norwalk, Conn., with an eight-year EMP agreement for 12 PW4000 engines and