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
On September 11th, Ameco Beijing completed a 3C check for a Boeing 767-300 aircraft of Business Air. It is the first cooperation between Ameco Beijing and Business Air. Business Air is a Thai charter airline and started international charter services in November 2009 with destinations mainly in China, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. Business Air
Comlux The Aviation Group announced the Grand Opening of the new completion hangar of Comlux America. With its new facilities located on the Indianapolis International Airport airfield, Comlux America has established itself as one of the most unique and modern completion centers Instituted solely for the cabin outfitting of Airbus Corporate Jets and Boeing Business
British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has signed a letter of intent with Airline Services Components Limited and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran group) to partner in the provision of wheels and brakes support services to the civil aviation industry. Subject to contract negotiations, the partnership will see the companies collaborate in the
The first tests of the air conditioning system, cabin pressure control system, bleed air system and wing anti-ice system for Bombardier’s CSeries family of aircraft have started at Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, Toulouse (France). These components are part of the CSeries airliner’s integrated air management system and are also being delivered to Bombardier’s facilities in Mirabel
