MRO & Production

RBR Maintenance has been awarded Elite Partner status with Millennium International. Effective immediately, RBR Maintenance will handle sales and installations of Millennium International Avionics packages for Cessna Citation aircraft. This partnership is exclusive to Cessna Citation avionics systems such as: DU-870, ED 600 & 800 display units and communication avionics systems including Nav/Com, Radio Management, […]

Brazilian landing gear manufacturer ELEB has awarded Liebherr-Aerospace with a built-to-print contract regarding the leg strut and trailing arm for the main landing gear of the Embraer E175-E2. Liebherr-Aerospace will manufacture the landing gear components according to the drawings by ELEB, which is responsible for the E175-E2 main landing gear design. The trailing arm will

OEMServices, a leading provider of integrated OEM component services and original parts supplier for airlines and SCAC, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, manufacturer of the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that confirms their mutual interest towards finding solutions for SSJ100 operator support. This cooperation results from a shared vision between the two

MTU Maintenance and new customer Air Burkina, have signed an exclusive three-year maintenance agreement. The contract for the airline’s four CF34-8E engines from their E170 aircraft covers maintenance, repair and overhaul, on-site services and guaranteed spare engine leasing availability. Air Burkina is the national airline of Burkina Faso and operates regional flights from the capital

AAR has expanded its relationship with flydubai by signing a long-term contract to provide comprehensive flight-hour component support for its new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The Dubai-based airline is set to take delivery of 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft ordered at the 2013 Dubai International Airshow by the end of 2023. This is AAR’s

ExxonMobil lubricants were recently selected by international aircraft manufacturers COMAC and Irkut to support the first test flights of their respective COMAC C919 airliner and Irkut MC-21 300 aircraft. Powered by CFM LEAP 1-C engines, the first Chinese-built large passenger aircraft to enter the market, the COMAC C919, used Mobil Jet Oil II synthetic gas

Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) secured new contracts worth about S$650m in the second quarter of 2017 for services ranging from heavy airframe and engine maintenance, component repair and overhaul to freighter conversion. The heavy airframe maintenance contracts include a long-term agreement, announced in June, that ST Aerospace’s US affiliate company, VT San Antonio Aerospace

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services (Boeing Shanghai) has signed a maintenance agreement with Chinese-based SF Airlines for its Boeing Classic 737 and 767-300 freighters. With this contract, Boeing Shanghai has made a major step forward to expand its aircraft maintenance services in the fast-growing Chinese cargo market. The first airplane is already undergoing a C-check in

The Israeli airline EL AL Israel Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive, long-term agreement. In the frame of a 15-year Total Component Support (TCS) contract, Lufthansa Technik will ensure the global and prompt component supply of the carrier’s future Boeing 787 fleet. EL AL has ordered a total of 16 Dreamliners, with the

Dowty Propellers, a leading manufacturer of aircraft propeller systems for both civil and military applications, has announced approvals to create a new facility in the Gloucester area. This follows a fire in February 2015 that destroyed its operating headquarters and blade manufacturing facility. It is expected that the new facility will be operational in 2019.