MRO & Production

On February 28th, the Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (the Manufacturing Centre), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, was inaugurated in Harbin, China. The new facilities will mainly be used to manufacture composite parts for the A350 XWB, Airbus

Kaman Corporation reported that its Composites Division (Kaman) has been awarded a contract for the Learjet 85 aircraft program. Kaman will manufacture composite passenger entry and over-wing exit doors. The Learjet 85 aircraft is a new mid-sized business jet built primarily from composites and features advances in aerodynamics, structures and efficiency. Kaman will build the

PrivatAir and Lufthansa Technik have taken their existing partnership to a new level with a much expanded Total Technical Support TTS contract. The main elements of the wide-ranging contract are the implementation of the Technical Operations Management TOM concept with Fleet Manager and service level agreements, coupled with the new Total Base Maintenance Support TBS

SR Technics and the Airberlin Group have agreed to expand their successful ten-year engine maintenance contract. Building on the existing accord, the two companies have signed a further agreement to deepen their engine maintenance partnership. The new contract covers exclusive maintenance services for more than 300 engines. This will include CFM56-7B, CFM56-5B, and PW4168 engines

Source One Aircraft Repair (SOAR), an aftermarket leader in AOG and Field Repair Services, has added Certified Aviation Services (CAS), an FAA/EASA certified line and heavy maintenance provider to the SOAR Network for AOG and Heavy Repair Services globally. Source One Aircraft Repair is a global Aircraft on the Ground support company that provides aircraft

Demonstrating its commitment to maintaining a robust quality-management system, Jet Aviation St. Louis has received AS9110 approval. The AS9110 standard includes specific requirements pertaining to maintaining the safety, reliability and airworthiness of commercial, private and military aircraft. It also employs a process approach to managing an organization

AeroTurbine, Miami, has signed a four year exclusive agreement with American Airlines. Under this agreement, AeroTurbine will have exclusive rights to purchase material deemed surplus by American Airlines and remarket the material globally. AeroTurbine and American Airlines will jointly run a warehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma to prepare the material for remarketing. Furthermore, AeroTurbine will locate

Air Services, a division of Constant Aviation, specializing in commercial aircraft maintenance headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, announced the opening of their new 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility featuring a full range of capabilities for the repair and overhaul of all sheet metal and bonded component on both commercial and corporate aircraft. The new

Eurotech subsidiary Parvus announced that its DuraCOR 820 mission computer and DuraMAR 3230 network router subsystems are to be deployed as part of a satellite and communications upgrade for the Boeing 737 Business Jet. Initial units were purchased by Boeing Company subcontractor ARINC Engineering Services, and will be delivered during Q1 2011. To fulfill the

JorAMCo successfully completed two Airbus A320 C-check tasks for Bulgaria’s Air Via, at its maintenance facility in Queen Alia International Airport, Amman. This is not the first collaboration with Air Via; JorAMCo previously redelivered an A320 operated by the Bulgarian Carrier to Cyprus airways end of last year. Air VIA, a charter airline based in