Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO) and Cathay Pacific Airways have teamed up to form a joint venture company, HAECO ITM Limited (HXITM) in Hong Kong, to provide inventory technical management services to Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, as well as other airline customers. HAECO ITM services primarily cover provisions and pool management of components inventory,
Turbomeca (Safran group) has renewed the “MCO” (Global Support Package) contract, entitled MCO 2, with the French Government. Under the terms of this contract, Turbomeca will ensure the availability of the 1,408 turbo-shaft engines equipping French Government helicopters for a 10-year period. These helicopters are used for military and paragovernmental missions of the French Air
Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) released that Southwest Airlines will purchase up to 268 additional sets of Blended Winglets for Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft, surpassing its original order placed in 2003. This order will ensure that all of Southwest’s future Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft will be equipped with Blended Winglets until Southwest Airlines transitions
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with wholly owned British Airways subsidiary, BA CityFlyer. With immediate effect MAEL’s engineering team will provide support for the UK based airline’s fleet of Embraer E170 & E190 aircraft operating into Malaga. In addition to the technical services provided, the storing of components
Aviation Partners (API) reported that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 50 series aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of an 18-month development program and exhaustive flight testing,
ST Aerospace announced that it has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Rotables (STAR), with paid up capital of US$1.5m (approximately S$1.88m). STAR, a global asset services company, will be headquartered in Singapore with marketing offices in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. STAR will drive ST Aerospace’s foray into a new growth area,
Rheinland Air Service, Europe’s independently-owned regional aircraft MRO organization, is an EASA Part 145 and Part 21 approved organization. The company, which also holds approvals from Russia and Bermuda, provides certified base maintenance for the ATR 42/72 series. Additionally, RAS is authorized on the Boeing 737 series, the Airbus A320 family, Bombardier Dash 8s, Jetstream
Flying Colours Corp. has received approval from the Riyadh-based General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to carry out maintenance work on aircraft registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The approval means that a full range of regular and line maintenance work can be carried out at the state-of-the-art Flying Colours Corp. Peterborough, Canada based
Associated Air Center, StandardAero’s Large Transport Category VIP Completions Center in Dallas, Texas, has signed an agreement for the maintenance and interior refurbishment of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) for a West African Head of State. The work will take place over the next several months.
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, redelivered its second VIP aircraft on-time to a Middle Eastern customer. After a complete refurbishment in SR Technics’ new VIP facilities in Zurich, the aircraft cabin looks as new and features an upgraded state-of-the-art In-flight Entertainment (IFE) system and an additional communications system. The redelivery of
