MRO & Production

Singapore Airlines has signed a new Flight Hour Services (FHS) Tailored Support Package contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for its 15 additional A330 aircraft ordered in September this year. Under this long-term agreement, the airline will benefit from […]

AFI KLM E&M has awarded Tech-Log a 5 year contract allowing the promotion and distribution of KLM’s B737NG inventory. UK based Tech-Log, which is part of the AMP Group, already has a similar partnership with AFI KLM E&M covering Air France’s A320 fleet material. This new agreement will give Tech-Log access to KLM’s active stock

The vertical tail section for the first A380 for Thai Airways International (THAI) has been painted with the airline’s orchid logo at Airbus facilities in Hamburg. The painting was completed at the weekend and the section is now being prepared for shipment to Toulouse, where assembly of the airline’s first aircraft is set to begin

GE Aviation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new jet engine components factory in Auburn on October 31st. The 300,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing plant will produce precision, super-alloy machined parts for GE jet engines that will power future commercial and military aircraft, and also to support the vast fleet of GE jet engines

A groundbreaking ceremony on October 26th marked the official start of construction work on Eurocopter’s new manufacturing plant in Querétaro, Mexico, which will manufacture aeronautical components and subassemblies. This industrial facility – situated within the Aerotech Park adjacent to Querétaro International Airport – will be dedicated to the production and assembly of helicopter and aircraft components, such

SR Technics has signed a contract with Panasonic Avionics for the installation of Panasonic’s new in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) system, the Ku-band satellite-based global communications suite (GCS). The agreement covers the modification of the Gulf Air Airbus A330 and A320 family fleet comprising 30 aircraft as well as the modification of a Middle Eastern

United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods (formerly known as the Products Division of Air Methods) has been awarded a contract by OSF Aviation, Peoria, Ill., a part of OSF HealthCare, to complete OSF’s four new Eurocopter EC145 aircraft. The agreement includes the design, manufacture, FAA approvals for the medical interior and avionics suite, plus exterior