Barfield, a Sabena technics company, announced the opening of its Colombian repair facility in Bogotá. Barfield’s Bogota new facility, a fully owned subsidiary of Barfield, will first focus on avionic testing and repair using an Atec 6 universal bench, and will gradually expand capabilities to service a larger range of components. Barfield’s aim is to
In addition to winning new MRO customers, Aerostar S.A. a leading Romanian aerospace company is also ensuring that it retains existing customers and winning repeat business from them. In what is shaping up to be a busy first quarter of 2013 for the company, further Boeing 737s from Royal Air Maroc and Pegasus Airlines of
EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING (EGME) managed to attract more customers from different European countries. One of the newest customers is Thomas Cook Belgium. The Belgian carrier is sending two A320 aircraft in January 2013 for C-Checks. Meanwhile, EGME has continued cooperation with the Russian carrier Aerovista through a contract to perform on its B737-500 “Bridge
Aerospace Systems has been selected by Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship airline, to supply the wheels and carbon brakes for its new fleet of 16 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The company will provide the equipment through its Wheels & Brakes business in Troy, Ohio. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January, 2013. The 777-300ER carbon brakes
Aerostructures Middle East Services (AMES) will further expand its jet engine nacelle repair capabilities as this joint venture of Safran’s Aircelle and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance builds on two successful years of operation from its technical base in Dubai. AMES supports key airlines in the Middle East, the Gulf Arab states and
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has secured a three-year extension to its long-standing JetSpares contract with Braathens Technical AB of Sweden in support of 12 Avro RJ regional jetliners operated by Braathens subsidiary, Malmö Aviation. The contract has an option to run for a fourth year and will cover continued Avro RJ operations by Malmö Aviation
On January 11, Ameco Beijing completed a C check for a Boeing 747-400 aircraft of ACT airlines. It is the first cooperation between Ameco Beijing and ACT Airlines. ACT operates five Airbus A330B4-200 aircraft and two Boeing 747-400 aircraft with destinations mainly in Europe, north-south-west Africa and the Middle East.
UTair Aviation JSC of Tyumen, Russia has selected TES Aviation Group (TES) of Wales, UK as their engine fleet management partner for the fixed wing fleet of aircraft. TES will be supporting UTair in direct partnership for all off-wing technical and commercial engine management activities, with the objectives to reduce cost of engine operations and
GKN Aerospace has delivered the first production aircraft set of winglets to Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft that will serve the 100– to 149-seat market segment. Delivery of the composite winglets has followed a three-year design, test and initial manufacturing programme which has minimised winglet weight and complexity and maximised aircraft
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, is preparing to add a component repair shop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to supplement the company’s existing repair network in Switzerland, Spain and Abu Dhabi. The facility, which will open in Q4 2013, will place SR Technics closer to its customers in Asia Pacific and supports
