MRO & Production

Airbus China Limited and Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Company Limited (HAIG) entered into a framework contract for a Joint Venture Manufacturing Centre in Harbin, China to produce aircraft composite material parts and components. The manufacturing centre, which will be set up in early 2009, will be an equity joint venture enterprise, with HAIG holding 80% […]

Goodrich Corporation has received an expanded landing gear overhaul service agreement from Continental Airlines to cover virtually every model in the airline’s Boeing aircraft fleet. The expanded portion of the agreement is expected to generate $49 million in revenue over five years. Under the contract amendment, Goodrich will perform overhaul services for landing gear on

Honeywell’s Runway Awareness and Alerting System (RAAS) has been added to Airbus

Rolls-Royce and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), the business development and investment company located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, today announced the launch of a new joint venture company to serve the rapidly expanding Middle East aviation services market. The new joint venture will offer On-Wing Care through Abu Dhabi Aircraft

Labinal, a company of the SAFRAN Group has been awarded a contract to manufacture the electrical harnesses for the Embraer Phenom 100 Program. First deliveries of wire harnesses to Embraer assembly facilities in Brazil began in June 2008.

Nouvelair, a privately owned Tunisian airline, has signed a contract extension with Snecma Services (SAFRAN Group) for maintenance of its CFM56-5A engines, further bolstering their partnership. This contract extension follows the exclusive service contract signed in 2006, covering the DAC (double annular combustor) version of the airline

Ukrainian passenger and cargo carrier Donbassaero Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners for a five-year maintenance service agreement. The exclusive agreement covers all engine maintenance for the fleet’s four Airbus A320 aircraft powered by V2500 engines.

Capital Cargo International Airlines, a global airport-to-airport freight transporter, has selected Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners for a five-year, Line Maintenance Services agreement. The agreement covers specific as well as any other on-condition Line Maintenance Services that Capital Cargo International Airlines may require for entry into service aircraft, as well as future owned or

Hamilton Sundstrand has signed an exclusive agreement with Saab Aerotech to supply spare parts to support repair and overhaul of Hamilton Sundstrand components installed on Saab commercial aircraft and others. Over the course of the 10-year agreement, Saab Aerotech will receive dependable, timely, and quality material and technical support. Hamilton Sundstrand has similar agreements in

QuEST, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing announced that QuEST Manufacturing, its wholly owned subsidiary, is setting up a dedicated sheet metal fabrication facility for aerospace in its 300 acre Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum, Karnataka, India. This facility would be in close proximity to machining and special processing facilities and