MRO & Production

Private aviation company Jet Republic has joined Bombardier’s pioneering Carbon Offset Program. Bombardier became the first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to offer its business aircraft customers a carbon emissions offset option in September 2007. Jet Republic launched in September 2008 with the largest European business aircraft order ever placed – 110 Bombardier Learjet 60 XR […]

Premium AEROTEC delivered the door frame shell for the CFRP fuselage demonstrator from Nordenham to Airbus Operations GmbH in Hamburg for structural testing today on schedule. This marks another major milestone on the way towards serial production for the A350 XWB at Premium AEROTEC. The aerospace supplier, founded in January 2009, is the main aerostructure

Embraer has signed a five-year Flight Hour Pool program contract with three European operators

Embraer has signed a five-year Pool Flight Hour program service contract with Austria

Brazil’s TAM Linhas Aereas (TAM) signed a four-year exclusive repair agreement with Pratt & Whitney for Airbus A330-200 thrust reversers. TAM currently operates 11 A330-200s with Pratt & Whitney PW4168A model engines. Those engines are covered by an exclusive service agreement provided by Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners.

SilkAir has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to install its APS 3200 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on the airline’s future deliveries of 11 firm and up to nine optional Airbus A320 series aircraft.

Hamilton Sundstrand has reached an agreement to provide spare parts to Sabena technics. Under the five-year agreement, worth an estimated $12 million, Hamilton Sundstrand will supply spare parts to support Sabena technics’ overhaul and repair of Hamilton Sundstrand components.

Bombardier awarded Woodward MPC the contract to supply the TQA (Throttle Quadrant Assembly) for the CSeries family of aircraft. The CSeries aircraft family includes the single-aisle, 130-passenger CS300 and 110-passenger CS100 jets. Both are expected to enter into service in 2013. Woodward MPC, part of the Airframe Systems business segment for Woodward, manufactures the NGA

Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Bombardier to provide several systems including its next-generation SmartProbe air data system and ice detection system for the new CSeries family of aircraft. Work will be performed primarily at Goodrich

Spirit AeroSystems has been selected to design and build the pylon for the Bombardier CSeries commercial jet. In addition to the pylon, the work package for both the CS100 and CS300 aircraft models includes systems, strut-to-wing hardware, and the aft fairing package.