MRO & Production

Since 2014, Spirit AeroSystems has invested in upgrades to its historic Plant 2 and its Wichita facilities to support growing demand for its products. Spirit builds 70% of the 737 structure in Plant 2, including the entire fuselage of the airplane. “We are constantly looking at ways to modernize our factory and support our customer’s […]

AJW Aviation, the integrated aircraft support specialist, has renewed power-by-the-hour contracts with Air Blue, Pakistan, and Air Peace, Nigeria. Air Blue first signed an agreement with AJW in 2005, becoming one of the organisation’s longest standing PBH customers. It is testimony to the reassurance and flexibility provided by the service that they are moving into

Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico has started operating its third bay at the beginning of July. The new bay is a heavy maintenance line, performing C-Checks and cabin modifications similar to the existing two operating bays in the hangar. It will be the second line for Spirit Airlines. There are already 15 checks scheduled in 2016

Magnetic MRO has been approved by EASA as PART 21J Design Organisation that will allow company to design and approve minor changes and minor repairs to aircraft related to structures, installation of avionics, electrical systems and cabin interiors including galleys and other interiors equipment to small and large aeroplanes. Under PART 21J Design Organisation Approval

Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) has secured an agreement with Guangdong Long Hao Aviation Group for a B737-300 passenger-to-freighter conversion. The agreement marks the first PEMCO-converted aircraft for the Longhao Aviation Group, with options for additional conversions to assist the company’s aviation business. The conversion will be performed by STAECO in Jinan Shandong, China, one

HAECO Xiamen has completed a cabin modification on a Boeing 747-400 aircraft for Virgin Atlantic Airways. The scope of the project included a C-check and extensive cabin modifications, which focused on the first class and business class areas of the aircraft. Major tasks included reconfiguring the upper deck, lavatory relocation, galley installation, Wi-Fi modification, a

ATR inaugurated its new aeronautical maintenance site on July 4th. ATR’s application was approved by OSAC, the French body for civil aviation safety, which awarded it with a certificate of accreditation as a maintenance organisation. This certification gives ATR the go-ahead to conduct maintenance activities at this site. ATR decided to invest substantially in Toulouse-Francazal

Aircraft wheel and brake MRO World Aero this week celebrates processing its 16,000th component at its EASA/FAA/TCCA certified wheel and brake repair facility. World Aero carried out this work on a Messier-Bugatti-Dowty main wheel for the Boeing 787-8, for one of the world’s leading flag-carrier airlines. Concentrating predominantly on the overhaul of wheel and brake

Lufthansa Technik AG in Hamburg has received approval across all aircraft types for a new generation of photoluminescent exit signs. With immediate effect the existing maintenance-intensive and non-environmentally-friendly exit signs at the flexible curtains in the cabin can be replaced by the Lufthansa Technik GuideU material, which is already used for emergency floor path marking.

UK global aerospace and defence supply chain provider, Pattonair, has been awarded a renewed and expanded contract for global supply chain services by Rolls-Royce through to 2022. Pattonair is a strategic partner to Rolls-Royce in the provision of supply chain services and C class parts and represents a significant development in what has been a