MRO & Production

Jet Airways expands OnPoint Solution agreement for CF6 Engines

Jet Airways has signed an 10-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation that expands the engine maintenance, repair and overhaul coverage to include new CF6-80E engines that will power nine additional Airbus A330 aircraft that the carrier will begin inducting later this year. The agreement is valued at $150 million (USD). Jet Airways currently operates […]

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British Airways chooses Crane LGCIU for A320 retrofit program

British Airways has chosen to upgrade its A320 fleet with the new Crane Enhanced Landing Gear Control Interface Unit (LGCIU). Crane’s LGCIU has been the standard LGCIU on Airbus A320 Series production aircraft since October 2010. The LGCIU’s function on the aircraft is to sense the position of landing gear and landing gear doors, flap

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Rockwell Collins and Boeing to bring new flight deck to 757/767 aircraft

Rockwell Collins announced a new program to bring a series of innovative technologies to the flight deck of Boeing 757/767 airplanes. Jointly developed by Rockwell Collins and Boeing, and inspired by flight deck improvements offered on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the advanced flight deck technology will be available for retrofit on existing Boeing 767 and

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Hamilton Sundstrand ramps up to support Boeing 787 Dreamliner production

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, the largest system supplier to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has ramped up its operations and its supply chain to support Boeing’s rate readiness needs for 787 production. “Hamilton Sundstrand has delivered more than 85 full ship sets of hardware, with a combined total of over 60,000 components and subsystems, to airplane production.

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Hamilton Sundstrand signs long-term spare parts agreement with Fokker Services

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation signed a long-term agreement with Fokker Services to provide spare parts to support components repaired by Fokker workshops through 2016. This purchase contract is valued at $33.2 million and covers the supply of integrated drive generators and other equipment maintained by Fokker Services Amsterdam on a wide range of regional and commercial

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easyJet signs 10-year contract extension with Goodrich Wheels and Brakes

Goodrich Corporation’s (GR) Aircraft Wheels and Brakes has signed a 10 year contract extension with easyJet for the provisioning and MRO support of wheels and carbon brakes for their A319/A320 fleet. easyJet operates the world’s largest fleet of A319/A320 aircraft with over 200 aircraft in service and 15 aircraft on order. Goodrich’s A320 carbon brakes

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Jet Aviation Teterboro named authorized Honeywell avionics dealer

Jet Aviation’s Teterboro operation has been named an official Honeywell avionics dealer, enhancing the level of avionics support available for transient and Teterboro-based operators. Now offering more avionics services at its Teterboro operation, Jet Aviation has been named a Honeywell avionics dealer giving it the full authority to provide repairs, installations and warranty support. Last

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Ruag officially opens modernised assembly hall in Oberpfaffenhofen

On June 29th, Ruag officially opened the modernised assembly hall for the Dornier 228 New Generation, at the Oberpfaffenhofen airport near Munich. Here, final assembly of the Dornier 228 New Generation will take place, and the maintenance of military and civil aircraft will be carried out. In Oberpfaffenhofen, RUAG employs around 1000 staff. RUAG is

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Finnair and SR Technics sign 10-year contract on engine and component services

SR Technics and Finnair have signed an agreement for engine and component services. The deal follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two companies on April 11, 2012. Finnair will source all Engine Services for its A320 and A340 aircraft and Component Services for its Airbus and Embraer fleet from SR Technics. The work

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Direct Maintenance receives EASA Part 145 approval for A380

Direct Maintenance received EASA Part-145 approval to perform A380 line maintenance, issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of The Netherlands (ILT). The extension of the Direct Maintenance EASA Part-145 scope of work with the A380, brings the total number of aircraft-engine combinations the company is approved on to 40. Launch customer for Direct Maintenance in

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