MRO & Production

Boeing released that TUI Travel is the launch customer for GoldCare. The agreement to support the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet covers 13 airplanes currently on order by TUI. The 787s will be operated by Thomson Airways, Tuifly Nordic, Jetairfly and Arkefly. The GoldCare contract is for a period of 12 years from the delivery […]

Bulgarian charter carrier Air Via has renewed and extended its existing A320 power-by-the-hour contract with A J Walter Aviation. AJW has supported Air Via since the delivery of its first A320 aircraft in 2006 and will now continue to provide a full PBH service for the current Air Via fleet of five aircraft until 2014.

Rolls-Royce has signed an innovative service contract worth GBP 690 million with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to support the Royal Air Force

The fourth Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight test prototype SN95005 flew from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Zhukovsky-based Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company Flight test center to continue flight certification campaign. Flight certification campaign tests scheduled for this aircraft include the evaluation of on-board equipment and, together with 95004, systems failure safety. SN95005 will accomplish tests on both fire protection

Astronics Corporation, a provider of advanced, high performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, announced that Astronics AES, the provider of aircraft cabin power, has entered into agreements with a network of 20 North American Authorized Dealer/Installers for sales and installations of its 28VDC to 115VAC In-Seat

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Rockwell Collins has received Supplemental Type Certificates to provide Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) upgrades for King Air C90GTi, B200, B200GT, B200C, B200CGT, 350 and 350C aircraft. The announcement was made at the Aircraft Electronic Associations’ (AEA) tradeshow in Orlando, Fla.

GE Canada reported that its GE Aviation business is planning to invest $63.5 million dollars over the next six years to diversify its product line at the GE Aviation manufacturing plant in Bromont, Quebec. Qu

AAR has completed the acquisition of Aviation Worldwide Services (AWS) announced on March 25, 2010. The acquisition strengthens AAR’s ability to support national defense priorities, nation building initiatives and humanitarian relief efforts and serve government “smart power” initiatives.

Hamilton Sundstrand’s Power Systems business has successfully completed ETOPS (Extended-range Operations) testing of its APS5000 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The completed testing is an important step in providing ETOPS capabilities for 787s upon initial entry into service. To date, the APS5000 APU has logged 10,000 APU operating hours and successfully