MRO & Production

AAR has secured its first Airbus NEO fleet customer by signing a long-term component support agreement with Hawaii’s largest airline, Hawaiian Airlines. AAR will be providing comprehensive flight-hour component support for the airline’s brand-new fleet of 18 A321neo’s via AAR’s inventory hub in Chicago, as well as stock positioned in Hawaii and other strategic operating […]

Universal Avionics and Chicago Jet Group have announced EASA approvals for multiple retrofit Future Air Navigation System (FANS) Supplemental Type Certifications (STC). These significant approvals offer European-based operators access to STC solutions that haven’t been available to them until now. The retrofit installations include Universal Avionics FANS solution, featuring the company’s UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management

Turboprop manufacturer ATR and the Indonesian airline TransNusa have extended their Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA). Signed in 2014, the initial contract covered the repair, overhaul and pooling services of Line Replaceable Units, along with propeller services, fuel nozzle services and an on-Sste stock support for the domestic carrier’s fleet of two ATR 72-600s. The GMA

MRO service provider SR Technics, has reported strong operational performance in H1 2017. Besides significantly expanding its engine capacity with over 90 shop visits during the first six months of the year, the company helped its clients with state-of-the-art cabin upgrades in record time, along with over 60’000 line maintenance events and over 32’000 delivered

Jet Aviation marked the expansion of flight services in the Caribbean on July 13, with the grand opening of a new Fixed Base Operation (FBO) in San Juan at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport. Jet Aviation is managing the recently-completed FBO through an agreement with Pazos, which has built a tradition of FBO excellence

Nile Air has renewed its contract agreement with AJW Group to service its entire A320 fleet, nearly doubling the number of aircraft previously supported. The agreement with one of Egypt’s leading airlines includes comprehensive ‘Power by the Hour’ (PBH) support with on-site stock. Nile Air is the largest and fastest growing private airline in Egypt,

Magnetic MRO, a Total Technical Care MRO provider, and Crestline Investors, a U.S.-based institutional alternative asset manager, have established a joint venture for aviation asset investments. The newly established company, Magnetic Parts Trading Limited, will focus on acquiring aircrafts and engines for immediate part-out, or short term lease and subsequent part-out. Crestline Investors will furnish

On July 20, 2017, before the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the new joint venture XIESA, Vincent Mascré, Chief Executive Officer of Safran Landing Systems, and LIU Shaoyong, Chairman of China Eastern Group, jointly laid the cornerstone for a new center of excellence dedicated to landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO).

Envoy Air has selected Universal Avionics SBAS-FMS for the regional airline’s WAAS upgrade program on their fleet of Embraer EMB-140 and EMB-145 aircraft. The upgrade includes dual UNS-1Lw FMSs, providing Envoy with a navigation source for ADS-B Out and the latest in capabilities and operational efficiencies. With the latest hardware and software technology, Envoy can