MRO & Production

United Airlines and Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (Ameco Beijing) signed a five-year contract for airframe heavy maintenance, continuing and strengthening their cooperation. Over the next five years, United’s fleet of Boeing 747s along with the Boeing 777s will go to Ameco Beijing for heavy maintenance visits (HMV). Ameco Beijing will perform all HMVs including […]

ST Aerospace has been awarded a Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) contract by Jet Airways (India) for the support of Jet Airways’ CFM56-7B engines that power Jet Airways’ and JetLite’s fleet of 67 Boeing 737 next generation aircraft. The contract is worth $750 million (S$1.0b) and will commence immediately. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace’s wholly owned subsidiary, ST

Testing of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft

The first H80 turboprop engine began its certification testing on March 8 in a test cell at the GE Aviation Czech facility in Prague in the Czech Republic. The H80 turboprop engine will produce up to 800 shaft horsepower (shp) and power business and general aviation, utility and agriculture aircraft. A total of five development

TAM Technological Center, MRO Unit, has been certified by Ecuador aeronautical authority (Direccion General de Aviacion Civil) to perform the maintenance service to Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 and Fokker-100 aircraft registered in the country as well as their components. Such certification allows the increase of the services porfolio offered by its maintenance center for customers in Ecuador

B/E Aerospace released that its new patented Pinnacle main cabin seating platform, the lightest full-featured seat, has been selected by nine airlines and leasing companies. These launch awards are initially valued in excess of $250 million, and are for economy class programs in new-buy Boeing B737, Airbus A320, and Boeing B787 aircraft. Deliveries are expected

GA Telesis released that its Component Repair Group Southeast (GAT CRG SE) has been awarded the ANAC certification (SEGVOO 001) from the Brazilian Aeronautical Authorities. This certification will now allow any Brazilian Airline to use GAT CRG SE as an authorized repair station.

As a part of Sukhoi Superjet 100 type certification campaign, IAC AR Certification center NORMA issued an approval on fabrication methods applied in SSJ100 production process. The issued approval confirms compliance of the methods to Russian aviation requirements. The task to prove the aircraft fabrication methods compliance with Russian aviation authorities

Construction of the facility that will build the fuselage for the all-new Bombardier CSeries mainline commercial jetliner has begun. The event

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