MRO & Production

Eaton Corporation and Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing to form joint venture

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation and Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), have signed a joint venture agreement to support the COMAC C919 single-aisle commercial aircraft program. The formation of the joint venture, the first for the COMAC enterprise with a foreign company, is subject to regulatory approvals and

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IBA awarded 5-year aircraft technical contract from Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

IBA is one of three firms awarded a new 5-year contract by Ex-Im Bank, to provide aircraft inspections and airline oversight across its portfolio of commercial and corporate aircraft and helicopters. The award also covers the provision of aircraft appraisals and training services. IBA have now held this prestigious contract continuously for the past fifteen

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GE and AVIC providing systems for China's first large commercial aircraft

GE Aviation Systems and AVIC Systems, the partners to a proposed AVIC GE joint venture, have been selected to provide the avionics core processing system, display system and on-board maintenance system for the newly launched C919 single-aisle aircraft. The AVIC GE joint venture will support COMAC for avionics integration for the C919. The public signing

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Honeywell to provide integrated wheels, brakes and BCS for C919 airliner

Honeywell has been selected by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, (COMAC) to provide the wheels and brakes, Brake Control System (BCS), and tires for the new C919 airliner. Honeywell operates 10 facilities throughout China, including Aerospace maintenance and manufacturing facilities in Xiamen, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Shanghai. The Asia Pacific business is based in Shanghai. Honeywell

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N3 Overhaul Services to maintain Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines

N3 Engine Overhaul Services (N3), a joint venture set up by Lufthansa Technik AG and Rolls-Royce plc in order to maintain, repair and overhaul aircraft engines, has been authorized to repair and overhaul the engines of the Airbus A380. The German Federal Aviation Authority (LBA) has granted N3 a licence to operate as a maintenance

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