MRO & Production

Boeing will increase production rates on the Next-Generation 737 program to 34 airplanes per month in early 2012. The planned rate increase is aimed at satisfying continued strong demand for the Next-Generation 737. In addition, the company continues to study further potential 737 rate increases, given continued customer demand. The current production rate on the […]

Iberia Maintenance and Cathay Pacific have signed a contract under which the Spanish company will repair and maintain the carrier

Universal Air Repair expands its operation to include Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) services. UAR now offers magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, eddy current, ultrasonic and visual inspection. UAR named Karl Smith NDI Manager and Chief Inspector. Smith is level 3 certified and an ASNT member. His services will be available on-site at customers

After France, the United States and China, India will host a CFM56 training center. The new center in Hyderabad opened in early 2010, and should play a key role in meeting the challenge of this booming market, which is expected to post the world

Astronics Corporation reported that its Luminescent Systems subsidiary has been selected by Diehl Aerospace to design, develop and supply the electrical emergency lighting and passenger information signs for the Airbus A350 XWB program, the newest twin-engine wide-body aircraft family from Airbus. Diehl Aerospace was selected by Airbus as the prime contractor to supply the entire

TES Aviation Group is expanding globally with the opening of a new facility in Singapore, its first outside the UK. The state of the art facility offers TES the ability to provide a range of platform solutions to its Asia Pacific partners. Based close to Changi Airport the 9,000sqft facility provides warehousing, logistics, parts and

Jet Aviation Paris Le Bourget has been appointed a Bombardier AOG Line Maintenance Facility (LMF) to support the full line of Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft. The company, which recently signed an agreement with Universal Aviation France SARL to establish a line maintenance and AOG operation at the Paris Le Bourget Business Aviation Airport, also

Aviation Technical Services (ATS) and Sojitz Corporation of Japan have reached a five year agreement to promote aircraft heavy maintenance and modification of Japanese registered aircraft in North America. In one of the first objectives of their agreement, ATS and Sojitz will take advantage of ATS being located near Boeing

After receiving the EASA approval from the German aviation authorities in April, the Lufthansa Technik Mainbase Engine Shop at Frankfurt has commenced the comprehensive servicing of Rolls-Royce Trent 900 three-shaft turbofan engines. These engines power Airbus A380s for Lufthansa and other airlines.The EASA approval qualifies the engine shop to conduct a large number of inspections

Cyprus Airways has extended its A320 power-by-the-hour contract with A J Walter Aviation, the complete aircraft support specialist, to include engine line replacement units. This contract is for a mixed fleet of nine A319/A320 aircraft with V2500 engines. Cyprus Airways is the national airline of Cyprus based in Nicosia. It operates scheduled services to over