MRO & Production

Bombardier Aerospace announced that adjustments to line maintenance intervals for the CRJ700/705/900 NextGen and Q400 aircraft have received final approval from Transport Canada (TC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as part of the approval of the Maintenance Requirements Manuals (MRM) for these aircraft. Previous schedules required CRJ700/705/900 and […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) Aerospace Component Services (ACS) in Wichita Falls, Texas, will invest about $1 million US in state-of-the-art equipment that will position the facility for growth. The capital investment includes a $450,000 contribution from the City of Wichita Falls. The Wichita Falls facility provides complete restoration of super-alloy components as well as

Tailwind Capital and Global Principal Finance Co. announced that their completion partner, PATS Aircraft Systems, has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification for the Hemisphere 200XR executive interior installation. The initial Hemisphere 200XR interior layout offers seating for 15 passengers in a luxurious VIP configuration. Based on the venerable CRJ-200 platform, the Hemisphere 200XR aircraft conversion

Universal Asset Management released that they acquired an ex-Northwest 757-200 for disassembly. Through UAM

The first Airbus A330 aircraft platform slated for the United Kingdom’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program has arrived ahead of schedule to begin its conversion into a Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) at Airbus Military facilities in Madrid, Spain. The Royal Air Force (RAF) tanker uses the same basic airframe as Northrop Grumman’s KC-45, which

Air Berlin Technik, subsidiary of the Air Berlin Group, reported that it has just succeeded in winning new servicing contracts for three of its maintenance stations. At Munich Airport, Air Berlin Technik will support the Spanish airline Iberia in Line Maintenance; the servicing facilities at Berlin-Tegel will be used by Estonian Air, and the Air

Flightstar Aircraft Services (Flightstar), a leading provider of heavy aircraft maintenance and modifications, reported that it has received an award from Precision Conversions to convert a B757-200 from passenger to freighter configuration for a Chinese carrier. The aircraft modification has already started and will be completed in November. This award marks the 16th aircraft that

ST Aerospace announced that it signed a component Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) support agreement with Jeju Air. The agreement worth $45 million (S$65 million) will commence in August this year. Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will provide component maintenance works on an MBH basis, asset lease and access to ST Aerospace

Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 767-300ER aircraft fitted with new blended winglets landed at Auckland International Airport on July 13th. The airline estimates that it will save more than six million litres of fuel and 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually with the installation of the new performance-enhancing blended winglets on its fleet of Boeing

Precision Conversions has received an award to provide SF Airlines with their first full 15-pallet position 757-200PCF. Based in Shenzhen, P.R. China, SF Airlines recently purchased the Rolls-Royce powered B757-200 (MSN 24401) and will operate the aircraft upon conversion completion scheduled for November 2009. The aircraft is being converted by Flightstar Aircraft Services in Jacksonville,