MRO & Production

StandardAero will reopen the engine shop at its Springfield, Ill, service center (SPI). It will be operational in the third quarter of 2010. At 225,000 square feet, Springfield is the largest Business Aviation shop and services a significant volume of TFE731-powered aircraft. Initially, the shop will be capable of providing major periodic inspections (MPIs) for […]

Boeing will accelerate planned rate increases on both the 777 and 747 programs. The accelerated rate increases will support increasing customer demand in the recovering airplane market. The company will accelerate the 777 program’s rate increase to seven airplanes per month (from five per month) by approximately six months, from early 2012 to mid-2011. The

In December 2009, AFI KLM E&M opened a new exhaust nozzle repair shop at Schiphol Airport. AFI KLM E&M teamed with Aeronca, a subsidiary of Magellan Aerospace USA, in Middletown, Ohio. AFI KLM E&M is the only European MRO certified by the manufacturer for the repair of its exhaust nozzles. Personnel carrying out the repairs

TES Aviation Group received its EASA Part 145 certification. The approval, reference UK.145.01226, enables TES to certify maintenance activities and is an important milestone in the company

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. announced the conclusion of the expansion work on its Aircraft Maintenance Center, in Confins (Minas Gerais), where the company carries out heavy airframe maintenance, preventive maintenance, aircraft painting and the internal configuration of the entire GOL and VARIG combined fleet. The expansion, which began in 2008, added a hangar, offices,

Vladivostok Air and AFI KLM E&M signed an exclusive 5-year contract for the maintenance of the CF6 80 E1 engines powering the Russian carrier

ST Aerospace and China Eastern Airlines (CEA) announced that their joint venture company, Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Company Limited (STARCO), has unveiled its latest hangar complex at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. The newly completed 14,200 sqm (152,848 sq ft) hangar complex can accommodate two narrow-body aircraft and three wide-body aircraft (which include an Airbus

Rockwell Collins announced the successful certification of its Pro Line 21 avionics, MultiScan Hazard Detection System, and the company’s Venue High Definition (HD) Cabin Management System (CMS) on the Cessna Citation CJ4 aircraft.

AAR has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast to design and manufacture composite flap track fairings for the wings of the new CSeries family of commercial aircraft. The work will be performed by AAR Composites, which develops and fabricates advanced composite structures for a wide range of aviation and aerospace applications. The contract could be

Elbit Systems was awarded a contract from the Department of Defence of the Commonwealth of Australia in the amount of approximately US$298 million dollars (approximately $331 million Australian dollars) for the supply, integration, installation and support of a Battle Group and Below Command, Control and Communications (BGC3) system for the Australian Army’s Land 75/125 program.