MRO & Production

Japan Airlines has signed a three-year parts repair agreement with Pratt & Whitney valued at more than $75 million. Under the agreement, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines & Global Services will provide Japan Airlines part repair services for its JT9D and PW4000 engines.

Hawaiian and Jet Blue Airways have signed agreements for Pratt & Whittneys EcoPower engine wash. JetBlue Airways will begin Pratt & Whitney EcoPower engine washes on its fleet of V2500 and CF34 engines. JetBlue will initially start washes at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York and at Orlando International Airport (MCO) in

The first European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solution (GMS) life limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine have entered revenue service in Europe with Jet2.com. Pratt & Whitney received EASA approval for all 19 GMS CFM56-3 engine life limited parts late last year.

Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance have selected Hamilton Sundstrand’s REVIMA APU business to provide Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) repair services under a long-term maintenance service plan agreement. The agreement covers the PW901A and the TSCP 700-4E APUs, in support of 63 Boeing 747-400 and 10 MD11 aircraft. REVIMA APU is a wholly-owned

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.

Goodrich has successfully completed flight testing of its Boeing Next-Generation 737 wheels and carbon brakes. Formal certification of the equipment is expected in the second half of 2009, and the brakes available for delivery on production airplanes in the first half of 2010. The new wheels and carbon brakes, which will be fully compatible with