MRO & Production

PATS Aircraft, has received US FAA Supplemental Type Certification for the Hemisphere 200XR auxiliary fuel system. The auxiliary fuel system meets all federal aviation regulations, including SFAR 88. Based on the venerable CRJ-200 platform, the Hemisphere 200XR is a conversion program in cooperation with Georgetown, Delaware-based completion specialists PATS Aircraft. The Hemisphere 200XR project was […]

Jet Aviation Singapore has recently expanded its base and line maintenance service offerings to include base maintenance for Bombardier Challenger 601/604/605 and Cessna 560XL aircraft under the company’s EASA 145 maintenance approval. Jet Aviation Singapore has added the Bombardier Challenger 601/604/605 and Cessna 560XL aircraft to its maintenance portfolio, under the company’s EASA.145.0461 maintenance approval.

Welch Allyn Lighting Products, the manufacturer of aircraft halogen reading lamps, has extended the lifetimes of three models of its halogen reading lamps for Airbus, Boeing and ATR aircraft. In some cases, the lamps feature lifetime ratings of up to 10,000 hours, around 20% longer than the previous generation.

Boeing has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing box in the final assembly bay at the factory in Everett, Wash. The wing and center section are now being prepared for final

Aviall Services announced that its new customer service center in Dubai officially opened on June 25 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, and approved by the General Civil Aviation Authority, Aviall’s new facility in Dubai will initially serve the commercial airline industry along with military customers and business aviation

StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Company, has received Supplemental Type Certification (STC SA02715CH-D) to remove Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PT6A-41 or -42 series engines on the Beechcraft King Air 200/200C/B200/B200C and replace them with PT6A-52 engines and four-bladed Hartzell propellers. This is the same engine and propeller combination that is Type Certified on

Albanian airline, Belle Air, has signed a Power-By-The-Hour contract with A J Walter Aviation. Belle Air is currently upgrading its fleet and has chosen AJW to support its new A319 and A320 aircraft, to be delivered at the end of this month. With plans to add a further two aircraft over the next twelve months

Ameco Beijing finished the first Winglet Modification in conjunction with C4-Check, Fail Safe Strap and a Cabin Modification on one Boeing 767 from Condor Airlines on May 26th. It

Iberiahas signed two new contracts to maintain Rolls-Royce aircraft engines. For the next three years Iberia Maintenance will be the sole provider of engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul services on two Rolls-Royce RB211-535-E4 engines belonging to Russia

Lufthansa Technik Tulsa, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG, has been awarded a ten-year, multimillion-dollar contract to overhaul thrust reversers on a scheduled removal program on JetBlue Airways