MRO & Production

AVIASUR opens new AgustaWestland Service Centre in Santiago, Chile

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that a new AgustaWestland Service Centre has been opened by AVIASUR to provide maintenance and other support services for AgustaWestland commercial helicopter customers. The service centre is located at AVIASUR’s modern facility at Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile, where an official opening ceremony was held on 8th […]

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Avcorp announces Boeing contract extensions

Avcorp Industries signed a five-year contract extension with Boeing, to provide the wheel well for the Next-Generation 737 as well as assemblies and components that support the Next-Generation 737, 747-8, 767, and 777. The contract value is approximately CAD $80m over five years, commencing in 2013. These parts and assemblies will be manufactured and delivered

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Avianca awards A330 components repair to Barfield

Avianca has selected Barfield, a Sabena technics company, as its provider for the repair of specific components for its Airbus A330 fleet. This A330 program comes in addition to the existing 10-year repair agreement covering Avianca’s A320 fleet. Within this additional scope, Barfield will perform test, repair and overhaul of rotable components such as avionics,

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BA Engineering's Interiors and Safety Services subsidiary awarded FAA Part 145 approval

British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has announced that its Interiors and Safety Services subsidiary has received Part 145 Repair Station Authority certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. British Airways Interiors Engineering is now authorised to provide maintenance and repair for aircraft interior fittings including flight deck and crew seating

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ITT Exelis opens new design and manufacturing center for composite aerostructures

ITT Exelis (XLS) announced the opening of its composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new facility provides increased capacity and enhanced automation capability for advanced commercial and military composite aircraft structures. “With the addition of automated fiber placement and tape laying capability combined with high speed machining, inspection and assembly,

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EPCOR includes APS 3200 in service offer

EPCOR, the AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specializing in APUs and pneumatic components, can henceforth offer its expertise and MRO services to all carriers operating aircraft in the A320 family equipped with the APS 3200 auxiliary power units (APUs) manufactured by Hamilton Sundstrand. The offer includes APU repair, maintenance and testing services, along with the supply

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CTS Engines signs new long-term contracts with Nordic Global and Spirit

CTS Engines, a leading independent engine MRO, hass signed multi-year engine maintenance service agreements with Finnish cargo carrier Nordic Global Airlines and Ft. Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines. The agreement with NGA is a multi-year power-by-the-hour engine overhaul agreement for seven CF6-80C2D1F engines operating on NGA’s fleet of MD-11Fs. Under the contract, CTS is responsible for all

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LHT signs 10 year component support contract with GoAir

Go Airlines (GoAir), one of the leading domestic carriers in India, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 10-year component support contract, effective from August, 2012, for the carrier’s present and future fleet of 20 A320 classic and 72 A320 neo aircraft. The contract covers most of the spare parts required for the regular maintenance of

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