UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures business has been chosen by Sunwing Airlines to service nacelle components for its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft. Under the five-year agreement, UTC Aerospace Systems’ Alabama Service Center in Foley, Ala. will perform maintenance, repair and overhaul of the inlets, fan cowls and small components for the CFM56-7 engines that power
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services GmbH (LBAS) has opened an additional hangar at its home base in Berlin-Schoenefeld. With this step LBAS, a leading specialist in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of Bombardier business jets is creating the basis for successful further development of the company. At the same time that the hangar capacity is being
Turkish Technic continues to expand its service area with the recently held approval of DGCA of India. The approval certificate covers base and line maintenance services of Boeing 777, Boeing 737, Airbus 320 and Airbus 330 aircraft. The approval also covers Hamilton Sundstrand APS 2000 and APS 3200, Honeywell GTCP-85-129H and GTCP-131-9B types APU’s and
SR Technics has signed two contracts with easyJet to provide line maintenance services on the airline’s entire Airbus A319 and A320 Swiss registered fleet. With a three-year contract extension for Geneva and a new three-year contract for Basel, SR Technics will support a total of 22 aircraft in Switzerland. SR Technics’ Swiss line maintenance organization
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation announced a revamped schedule of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. First flight is slated for 2Q CY2015, with first delivery in 2Q CY2017. Prior to this adjustment, first flight was scheduled for 4Q CY2013, and first delivery between summer CY2015 and 1Q CY2016. In the course of developing the MRJ with
GE Aviation has begun testing on its new composite fan blades for the GE9X, the next-generation GE90 engine that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. This validation test is the first of several testing programs GE has planned this year for the GE9X fan module. The first round of fan blade tests occurred in June at
Atlasjet, one of the fastest growing airlines of the region, and Turkish Technic have signed a contract for comprehensive component support for the airline’s A320 family fleet for a term of five years extendable to ten years. With the addition of Atlasjet, Turkish Technic now supports 15 Airlines and more than five hundred aircraft all
GA Telesis has acquired a significant Bombardier Q400 inventory of new, overhauled, serviceable rotable and expendable material with a value of $15m. The material is available for immediate purchase and the sales & marketing efforts will be led by the GA Telesis supply chain and global sales teams respectively. All of the components have been
StandardAero has expanded its turboprop engine test capabilities with the implementation of a new test cell, component repair capability, and tooling for operators of the Beechcraft, T-6 Texan II, Pilatus, PC-21 military trainers and the Embraer, EMB 314 Super Tucano. Over $2.5m and 5,000 engineering hours were spent in developing the new service capability. The
KLM UK Engineering Limited has been awarded a contract to carry out heavy maintenance checks to two 737 NG aircraft owned by Luxair. Luxair is the National carrier of Luxembourg and operates a fleet comprising of ERJ145, Bombardier DHC-8 and 737NGs aircraft.
