MRO & Production

Boeing Commercial Airplanes has selected John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to provide Boeing GoldCare maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the region. The GoldCare program designed by Boeing is a total care engineering and maintenance service to airline operators providing fully integrated maintenance solutions. As a partner in Boeing GoldCare, […]

Gulfstream G650 has received its provisional type certificate (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration. This clears the way for the company to begin interior completions of the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jet in preparation for customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2012, as originally planned.  “We are pursuing a two-step certification approach to keep us

Air Berlin and Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) have signed a multi-year Spare Engine Pool Agreement to support Air Berlin’s regional fleet of PW150A powered Dash8-Q400 aircraft operated by Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW). As per the terms of the agreement, LTAA will provide spare engines for planned and unplanned engine removals.

Bombardier Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for the establishment of a manufacturing facility in Morocco. The exact site location will be announced at a later date. Bombardier Aerospace intends to invest approximately US$200m in equipment, buildings and start-up costs over the next eight years. Scheduled to be

Embraer and Alcoa have signed a new technology sharing agreement that will utilize Alcoa’s proprietary aluminum alloys, advanced design and manufacturing techniques, and its fastener technologies to support Embraer’s development of new high-performance metallic fuselage and wing solutions for its family of aircraft. Alcoa is a leading supplier of aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions and forgings, and fasteners

Chromalloy as received the company’s third Approved Organization Exposition certificate from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). The certificate was awarded to Chromalloy’s San Antonio, Texas, repair station following a rigorous audit by JCAB and determination of operational capabilities to provide repair services on various components in turbine engines powering Japanese commercial aircraft. Earlier this year,

Goodrich Corporation has signed two significant support agreements with Emirates. The first is a General Terms Agreement (GTA) which provides the framework for all future maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreements between Emirates and Goodrich. The second represents the first application of this GTA. Under the 10-year Specific Business Agreement, Goodrich will deliver comprehensive overhaul and

flydubai, Dubai ‘s pioneering low cost airline, has signed a maintenance cost agreement with Honeywell, worth more than $20m, to provide maintenance support for the carrier’s auxiliary power units (APUs) installed on its growing fleet of Boeing 737-800NG passenger aircraft. The ten-year contract provides flydubai with a stable, predictable maintenance structure that reduces costs associated with