MRO & Production

Sunwing Airlines signed an eight-year TrueChoice Overhaul agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its CFM56-7B engines that power its nineteen Boeing 737-8 aircraft. The agreement is valued at more than US$60m over the life of the contract.

LORD Corporation has added Fly-by-Wire (FbW) aftermarket repair capabilities at its Cambridge Springs, Pa. facility, in an effort to expand aftermarket support for long-time client Airbus. LORD has supported Airbus since 1984 out of their repair center in Saint-Vallier, France. The addition of this new repair station will ensure faster service, reducing an average return

Jet East Aviation has secured approval from Dassault for Non-Destructive Testing at its on-site facility and mobile unit based in Trenton, NJ on all Falcon aircraft. Jet East Aviation developed extensive Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) capabilities in 2016 as part of their maintenance portfolio. Jet East offers in-house NDT services as well a mobile NDT unit

Mapaero, the leading French water-based coatings provider, signs an MOI with AVIC, the Chinese aerospace R&D and production integrator as well as with IRKUT, the Russian aircraft manufacturer. With regards to AVIC, the project aims at setting up R&D and painting solutions on the C919 program. In a second stage, the project will be extended

AAR has secured an extension of its contract supporting Air Austral’s fleet of B737NG aircraft, which began in 2009. “AAR’s successful support to customers such as Air Austral demonstrates our flexibility and willingness to understand each customer’s operational needs, which helps us secure repeat business,” said Deepak Sharma, President, International Supply Chain, AAR. Based on

In a move that will help airlines shift toward all-digital operations, Rockwell Collins has been selected by Airbus for the flight operations and maintenance exchanger (FOMAX) program on the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. The solution, which keeps operators connected to their aircraft by deploying the infrastructure for secure wireless connectivity, represents Rockwell Collins’ first

The Central Europe application support center (ASC) operated by PPG in Hamburg, Germany, has been approved by Airbus for repackaging aerospace sealants from bulk containers into customer-friendly point-of-use packages. PPG will repackage three grades of PR-1782 low-density fuel tank and fuselage sealant into SEMKIT packages for Airbus and its subcontractors as well as Airbus aircraft

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is to join the Rolls-Royce CareNetwork with an agreement covering Trent XWB engines. Air France KLM has 25 Airbus A350 aircraft on order with 25 options, all powered by the Trent XWB. These engines will be supported under a TotalCare long term services arrangement, with engine maintenance carried

The Bedek Aviation Group of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently signed a partnership agreement with Haite Group, through its subsidiary Tianjin Aircraft Engineering, to co-develop a conversion program of B737NG Passenger aircraft into Special Freighter. The collaboration was announced at 2017 Paris Air Show. Bedek and Tianjin expect the new partnership will be up

GE Additive is creating the world’s largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine. Tailored for the aerospace industry, the machine will be able to print in a “build envelop” of one meter cubed (1000mm x 1000mm x 1000mm). The development project, announced at The Paris Air Show, will be unveiled in November at the Formnext Show in