MRO & Production

Jacobs Engineering Group announced that its subsidiary Jacobs Spain, received a contract from Cessna Spanish Citation Service Center, to design and build a new Citation Service Center in Valencia, Spain. Services will be provided from Jacobs’ office in Madrid, Spain. Construction is scheduled to begin in January 2011. The new facility in Valencia will augment […]

GE Aviation has renamed its Czech operation to GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation Turboprops. “The new name will better represent the organization’s strategy, which is to develop, manufacture and support turboprop engines for the Business and General Aviation segment,” explained Brad Mottier, Vice President and General Manager of GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation

The Shannon Aerospace Engineering Department has been granted status as an official design department as part of the Lufthansa Technik European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 21J Design Organisation. Granted as an extension of the Hamburg-based Lufthansa Technik Design House, Richard Anslow is the first Shannon Aerospace Engineer to receive Structural Design Authorisation following his

Boeing began assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental at the factory in Everett, Wash. Last week mechanics took the first step in major assembly for the new airplane by loading its wing panels and spars in the assembly tools. The spar is the internal support structure that runs through the full length of the wing.

JorAMCo re-delivered to Alitalia an Airbus A321-112 after successfully completing a heavy C check, complete cabin retrofit, structural repairs and a full paint job. This achievement is another milestone for JorAMCo; delivering competitive and high quality aircraft maintenance services and TAT to international flag carriers in the European market.

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Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo recently became an independent Russian legal entity and can now perform maintenance services under its own EASA 145 maintenance approval. At the Moscow Vnukovo airport, where the company has operated since late 2007 as a branch of Jet Aviation Dusseldorf, the necessary steps have been competed this year by Jet Aviation

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has been selected by Sideral Air Cargo of Brazil to provide one B737-300SF 9 Pallet Configuration Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a 737-300, MSN 24060 was built in 1988 and is currently undergoing freighter modification and heavy maintenance at AEI

Jet Aviation will become the European sales representative and installation partner for Aviation Partners (API) for the Hawker 800 Series Blended Winglets. Installations will be performed at Jet Aviation Zurich and Jet Aviation Dusseldorf. As sales representative and installation partner, Jet Aviation will market Hawker Blended Winglets to customers in Europe, North Africa and the

AeroTurbine has signed a three year agreement with Airinmar UK Ltd. This relationship will allow AeroTurbine to expand its supply chain management offering to airlines across the world by identifying the highest quality and most cost effective solutions for material repair while bundling it with component leasing and rotable pools strategically located in the Americas,