SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) announced the official opening of its line maintenance facility in San Francisco. SIA Engineering (USA), a wholly owned subsidiary of SIAEC, started operations at San Francisco International Airport on February 1st, 2012. This comes three years after SIA Engineering (USA) launched its line maintenance business in the United States at Los
SriLankan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 5-year component supply contract for the carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet. Spare parts will be supplied to the airline’s home base at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, where also the main base stock of certain Aircraft-On-Ground (AOG) relevant components is being kept. Repair and pooling of the components
IAE announced that it has signed a Fleet Hour Agreement (FHA) with United Airlines effective January 1, 2012. The seven-year contract includes IAE’s V2500 engines installed on 152 existing Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft.
China Eastern Airlines has strengthened its strategic relationship with Honeywell, signing several agreements that will enhance the safety, efficiency and performance of its growing narrow-body fleet, while lowering overall cost of ownership. Honeywell will provide wheels and brakes for new and existing Boeing 737 NG aircraft, as well as an avionics package and 131-9 auxiliary
Aircraft maintenance provider, Monarch Aircraft Engineering, has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Alitalia. With immediate effect, Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s team will provide full maintenance support for the Italian based airline’s low cost carrier, AirOne, who will operate Airbus A320 aircraft three times a day into London Gatwick.
GMF AeroAsia has chosen A J Walter Aviation to provide integrated consumables management, to support the growing GMF maintenance programme for B737NG aircraft. AJW will position a spares consignment with GMF in Jakarta for replenishment on demand with payment on consumption.
China based ICBC Leasing has selected a comprehensive suite of Rockwell Collins’ communication, navigation and surveillance avionics as baseline for up to 42 new Airbus A320 aircraft. Deliveries of these aircraft are expected to commence later this year. BOC Aviation has selected Rockwell Collins avionics as baseline, including its WXR-2100 MultiScan Threat Detection System and
Asiana Airlines, one of Korea’s flagship carriers and a member of the Star Alliance, will continue to rely on Lufthansa Technik for the next ten years: the two companies have extended and significantly expanded their existing Total Component Support TCS agreement for the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft. The agreement covers component
On the occasion of the Singapore Airshow, the European turboprop manufacturer ATR and Fokker Services Asia announced the signature of an agreement covering airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services of ATR aircraft operating in South East Asia at the Fokker Services Asia facilities in Singapore. ATR aims to provide its operators with a worldwide
The Federal Air Transportation Agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation has granted the business jets line and base maintenance company FL Technics Jets, the certificate to serve aircraft registered in the Russian Federation. According to the certificate, FL Technics Jets can now provide line and base maintenance services for business jets in
