MRO & Production

Leading Edge Aviation Services has been selected by Boeing to paint 787 Dreamliners assembled at Boeing’s new North Charleston, S.C., final assembly and delivery facility. Leading Edge will perform the work at its Amarillo, Texas facility where other wide-body airplanes are painted. The company, which specializes in commercial and military aircraft painting, will apply final […]

Airbus and its parent company EADS have signed a procurement frame contract with Southwest Aluminium (Group) Co., one of the largest aluminium product producers in China, for the manufacture and supply of aluminium plate. EADS

Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Airbus to provide the nacelle system for a new engine for the Airbus A320 Family of single-aisle airplanes. Under the agreement, Goodrich will design the nacelle and thrust reversers for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower(R) 1100G engine that will power the Airbus A320 Family, designated the A320neo (new engine

Germania, the privately owned airline based in Berlin, has awarded A J Walter Aviation a multi-million dollar contract to provide component power-by-the-hour support for its Airbus A319 and Boeing 737-700 fleets. Winning this long-term ten year agreement is yet another step forward for AJW and represents its first major contract award in the demanding German

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Company (GAMECO) signed an authorized repair services agreement with Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a Crane Co. segment. Under the terms of the agreement, GAMECO will serve as an authorized repair station in China for a number of Crane products including Boeing aircraft Fuel Pumps, Engine Fuel Flowmeters, and Brake Control

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has announced completion of the preliminary design phase of the C919 large commercial airliner and is now entering into the final design definition phase. The C919 programme remains precisely on track for entry into commercial service in 2016. The COMAC C919 is the first single aisle, medium range airliner

Airbus has appointed Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company (TAECO) as its first approved cabin-outfitter in Asia-Pacific, thereby expanding its range of completion centres available to corporate jet customers. TAECO is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO), specialising in heavy and line maintenance, freighter conversion, component overhaul, engineering design, parts manufacturing and training

A new cabin concept called Phoenix, featuring a colour-scheme and layout designed to appeal to Asian tastes, is being offered to Airbus Corporate Jet customers in the region. The main cabin features seating for six people around a large circular-table – the focus of family life in many Asian cultures – which facilitates work-related discussions

Turkish Technic has signed a 5 year landing gear maintenance services agreement for B737-800 aircraft with SunExpress. Landing gear removal and installation as well as landing gear overhaul activities are being carried out at Turkish Technic

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Company has been awarded a maintenance contract from AeroMexico for C Checks on four B767 aircraft. The maintenance contract for the B767-200 and B767-300 aircraft will include a C Check, implementation of SB