MRO & Production

Airbus has recently selected Liebherr-Aerospace to provide the nose landing gear for the A350-1000 aircraft. Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Germany, center of excellence for flight control/actuation systems and landing gear systems within the Liebherr Group, will develop, manufacture and service the nose landing gear. Liebherr’s scope of supply for the A350-1000, which already includes the slat

GA Innovation China (“GAIC”), the newly formed joint venture between GA Telesis and Air China, has signed a MOU with Apollo Aviation Management Limited for the consignment of two next generation Boeing 737-700s. The two aircraft will be delivered in 2013 and GAIC has the intention to disassemble the aircraft at AMECO in Beijing. The

TP Aerospace Leasing has been chosen by Polish airline Eurolot to provide a long-term Q400 Wheels Flat Rate (WFR) Program; a cost-per-landing type program in support of its confirmed fleet of 20ea Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Eurolot will enjoy a tailor made, full-service and all-inclusive wheel maintenance and logistics program. The Program is governed by a

Boeing employees last week rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new rate of five-airplanes-per-month. The airplane is the 83rd 787 to be built. Boeing earlier this year increased the rate from 2.5 to 3.5 airplanes per month and is on track to achieve a planned 10-per-month rate by late 2013. The program

AAR has sourced and is modifying two Boeing 737-400 aircraft for Colombia’s Air Force, Fuerza Aerea Colombiana (FAC). The program is expected to generate approximately $31m in the second half of the Company’s current fiscal year. The program demonstrates AAR’s wide range of capabilities, which the Company combines to create custom-tailored solutions for its commercial

Boeing and Guggenheim Aviation Partners announced an agreement for Boeing to convert three 767-300ER passenger airplanes to freighters. The Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) will be delivered to Guggenheim Aviation Partners in 2013. Boeing will manage and engineer the project with the actual conversion taking place at ST Aerospace’s subsidiary, ST Aviation Services Company (SASCO) in