MRO & Production

In the next weeks Lufthansa Technik will start a comprehensive cabin modification program on a Boeing BBJ 787-8 for an ndisclosed customer. The planned lay-over will last about two months. The green aircraft will arrive in early autumn at Lufthansa Technik’s completion center in Hamburg, Germany. The cabin modification is based on a service bulletin […]

Satair Group has signed a new distribution agreement with Cobham Aerospace Communications across the Asia-Pacific region, including China. The agreement covers a range of aircraft intercommunications equipment including radio management panels, audio control panels, audio management units and related spares that are fitted to Airbus and ATR airliners. Satair Group’s role will be to continue

West Star Aviation has reported that they are performing their first 96-calendar month Embraer Legacy 600 heavy inspection. The 96-month inspection is a very invasive process that includes removal of interior down to fuselage skins and frames, all large exterior fairings, landing gear, flight controls, wing leading edges, and, flaps are removed. The inspection requires

Boeing announced the grand opening of its new 777X Composite Wing Center (CWC) in Everett, Wash. The facility, located on the north side of the main final assembly building, will manufacture the world’s largest composite wings for the 777X, the company’s newest commercial jetliner, and sustain thousands of Puget Sound area jobs. Boeing has invested

Acropolis Aviation, one of Europe’s leading luxury air charter companies has contracted Marshall Civil Aerospace, part of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, as its prime maintenance contractor. It is Marshall Civil Aerospace’s first ACJ contract, and it will follow through to Acropolis’ new ACJ320neo which enters service in late 2019. The move follows Marshall’s

Ameco Beijing has selected Avio-Diepen to create and supply customized kits for the A320 Main Landing Gear. These MRO kits are developed in partnership with Safran Landing systems (formerly Messier-Bugatti-Dowty) and Ameco. The Avio-Diepen kits offer streamlined procurement, logistics and provide all the necessary parts, specifically packed for each maintenance job, saving time and costs.

West Star Aviation is proud to announce they are performing their first 96-calendar month Embraer Legacy 600 heavy inspection. The 96-month inspection is a very invasive process that includes removal of interior down to fuselage skins and frames, all large exterior fairings, landing gear, flight controls, wing leading edges, and, flaps are removed. The inspection

Adria Tehnika has signed a cooperation agreement with British airline easyJet for the maintenance on A320 aircraft. The agreement has been concluded for two years and covers work in the passenger cabin, reconfiguration of the cabin from 180 to 186 seats, the installation of a new galley and new lavatories. Work on the aircraft will

British Airways’ team of expert engineers at Cardiff has welcomed one of the airline’s 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft for the first time for planned maintenance. The aircraft recently arrived at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), the airline’s long-haul aircraft heavy maintenance facility in South Wales, for a planned 12 day ‘B’ check, conducted every

Kaman Integrated Structures and Metallics (KISM) reported that their Mexico facility has been awarded the production, manufacture, and supply of Bombardier Challenger CL350 and Global Express 5000/6000 metallic detail wing structure packages from MHI Canada Aerospace (MHICA), a group Company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. MHICA produces the CL350 and Global 5000/6000 wing assemblies for Bombardier