MRO & Production

Astronics Corporation announced that its new generation COREPOWER Electronic Power Distribution System (EPDS) was selected for Bombardier

Industria de Turbo Propulsores, S. A. (ITP), and Rolls-Royce, have signed a contract under which ITP will enter into a supplier partnership for the Low Pressure Turbine (LPT) of the Trent XWB. The Trent XWB will power Airbus

AeroTurbine, Miami, has signed an agreement with aviation maintenance company Aveos, formerly “ACTS” and “Air Canada Technical Services”, for an initial period of five years. Under this non-exclusive agreement, AeroTurbine will supply Aveos with certain engine and airframe components. Initially, AeroTurbine will acquire and lease certain Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 rotables to Aveos. AeroTurbine

Bombardier Aerospace has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Global aircraft equipped with the Bombardier Enhanced Vision System (BEVS) to obtain operational credit for continuing approaches to 100 feet. Bombardier’s BEVS had previously received approval from Transport Canada and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it is now offering a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable Flight Management System (FMS) on Learjet 40 XR and Learjet 45 XR aircraft. The new system is available as a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for in-service Learjet 40, Learjet 40 XR, Learjet 45 and Learjet 45 XR aircraft customers and

UK carrier Virgin Atlantic extended its component support and pool access contract with Air France Industries (AFI) and KLM Engineering & Maintenance ( KLM E&M). KLM E&M has been providing maintenance services for Virgin Atlantic

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it delivered 353 aircraft for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2009. This compares to 361 aircraft deliveries in the previous fiscal year 2007/08 (year ending January 31, 2008). It also received 378 aircraft orders, net of cancellations, compared to an exceptional 698 orders, net of cancellations, for the previous fiscal

Airbus and a group of Chinese industrial partners signed a contract to establish a Joint Venture Manufacturing Centre in Harbin, China to manufacture composite material parts and components for the Airbus A350 XWB programme and Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The Chinese partners are Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Company Limited (HAIG), Hafei Aviation Industry Company Limited

Airbus and Xian Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) signed a cooperation agreement relating to the A320 Family wing equipping (Phase IV) programme. A320 Family wings for aircraft to be assembled at the Final Assembly Line in China (FALC) will now be fully completed and tested in Tianjin, China. According to this fourth phase of the agreement,

Evergreen International Airlines and P&W have signed a four-year aircraft engine maintenance agreement. Pratt & Whitney will provide line maintenance services, including engine changes, to maintain a fleet of PW4000, JT9D and CF6 engines in an agreement renewable up to an additional 20 years. Financial terms were not disclosed.