MRO & Production

United Airlines’ 777 fleet will be modified with a Performance Improvement Package that will result in greater fuel efficiency, along with reduced emissions. The package, to be installed on 52 United Airlines 777s, is expected to reduce fuel spending per airplane by about $200,000 annually (assuming $100 per barrel crude oil prices), according to Boeing […]

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. officially opened a new facility at its Florida Assembly and Flight Operations (FAFO) campus, establishing experimental assembly line operations for the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. The CH-53K helicopter Florida Assembly and Flight Operations facility consists of approximately 60,000 square feet of space. The building, originally the home of Pratt & Whitney-Rocketdyne,

Turkish Aerospace Industries, (TAI), a major international F-35 Lightning II supplier to Northrop Grumman, has delivered its first production air inlet duct for the jet. The delivery of the all-composite duct, a major structural element of the F-35’s center fuselage, will support Northrop Grumman’s production of F-35 center fuselages for conventional takeoff and landing variants

The first systems for Bombardier

Airbus partner, Premium AEROTEC, has successfully completed the curing of the largest A350 XWB fuselage panel made from carbon fibre at its site in Nordenham (Germany). Located on the forward right-hand side of the fuselage and measuring 93 square metres, the panel will undergo ultrasonic inspection, trimming and drilling in the coming days prior to

The first systems for Bombardier

Airbus partner, Premium AEROTEC, has successfully completed the curing of the largest A350 XWB fuselage panel made from carbon fibre at its site in Nordenham (Germany). Located on the forward right-hand side of the fuselage and measuring 93 square metres, the panel will undergo ultrasonic inspection, trimming and drilling in the coming days prior to

SR Technics welcomed the 15th easyJet aircraft to its new two-bay facility in Malta. After a 14-day standard IL-maintenance check, the aircraft will be re-delivered at the end of March. Since October 2010, the company has built up its operation in Malta as a center of excellence for narrowbody aircraft base maintenance in Europe. easyJet

Solo Aviation has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, Solo Aviation will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. GE Aviation will provide

ExecuJet Middle East has announced that their Embraer Legacy Authorised Service Centre agreement has been extended for their base maintenance capability in Dubai. This now covers up-to and including a 24 month (L4) inspection on the Legacy 600 and 650. ExecuJet is now the only Embraer Legacy Approved Maintenance Centre to carry out base maintenance