MRO & Production

Spirit AeroSystems formally opened its new Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) repair station in Europe. The Spirit facility, based at the Spirit AeroSystems European headquarters in Prestwick, Scotland, will support customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The new facility, which has received its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Certification, will perform composite repairs […]

Air New Zealand estimates it will save more than NZ$7.5 million in fuel and 16,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually by fitting performance-enhancing blended winglets on to its five Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. The 767 fleet, which operates to Australia, the Pacific Islands and Honolulu, will be fitted with the winglets progressively from July next year.

Afriqiyah Airways signed a contract with Air France Industries (AFI) covering component support for its fleet of 14 A319s and A320s. The agreement includes access to the spare parts pool managed by AFI at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport along with support for Afriqiya Airways in several in-line component support areas.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines and SR Technics have concluded a contractual agreement covering aircraft services for the airline

Volvo Aero Services Corp and The Boeing Company have extended a marketing and distribution partnership agreement, originally established in 1999, for an additional 10 years. Within the agreement, Volvo Aero Services will continue to provide multiple asset management services to support the distribution of quality aircraft parts for a wide range of Boeing aircraft models.

ExelTech Aerospace reported that Republic Airways has become the launch customer for the Company

Cargo Aircraft Management has awarded Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. Bedek Aviation Group (IAI Bedek) a new contract for B767-200 aircraft conversions to freighter configuration. The contract, signed during the Cargo Facts Conference held in Miami, FL, is to convert up to fourteen aircraft from ABX Air PC configuration to Bedek Special Freighter Configuration (BDSF). The

Panasonic Avionics Corporation announced an agreement with Air France – KLM, under which, Panasonic

Tiger Airways has selected Honeywell

Pratt & Whitney Canada has established a new parts distribution centre (PDC) in Sydney, Australia to speed delivery times to customers in the Australia and New Zealand regions. P&WC’s new PDC in Australia will complement a PDC opened in Singapore last year, and in Amsterdam in late 2006. It will house a range of spare