MRO & Production

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has finalised the transaction with Bell Helicopter Textron for the acquisition of the 609 tiltrotor programme. All legal and regulatory approvals have now been successfully completed. The development of the AW609 tiltrotor programme is now moving forward under full AgustaWestland control with civil certification expected in late 2015, early 2016 and deliveries

SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has signed a Tailored Support Package (TSP) contract with Airbus to maintain Singapore Airlines’ additional fleet of fifteen A330-300 aircraft being acquired from Airbus. SIAEC is a member of the Airbus Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Network established in 2005. The Airbus MRO Network ensures that Airbus’ customers receive maintenance services

Aviation Partners (API) confirmed that Transport Canada granted Canadian Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 900 Series. FAA STC was received in September and EASA approval is expected imminently.

With the first flight of Emirates’ Airbus A380 from Dubai to Munich, airberlin technik expands its range of capability to include the double-deck aircraft. In future, the EASA Part 145 certified maintenance company will perform the transit check every day, while the aircraft is on the ground at the Bavarian capital city. At the Munich location, airberlin

GKN Aerospace announced the company’s intention to establish a new aerospace components assembly facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. The new GKN Aerospace facility will perform assembly operations for the recently-awarded production contract for the HondaJet, (announced 11/14/11) the development work for which is currently performed at the company’s Alabama facility. This work will involve assembly

TAM MRO, TAM’s maintenance unit located close to São Paulo, has renewed its certificate to provide services to airplane components and on aircraft registered on the Bermudas, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic. The new authorization from the BDCA (Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation), the country’s aviation authority, is valid until March 2013.

Assembly of the 32 metre long carbon fibre wings for the first A350 XWB (MSN1) has started at Airbus’ recently opened “North Factory” in Broughton, UK. Most of the A350 XWB wing is made of light-weight carbon composites, including the upper and lower wing covers, stringers, front and rear spars. The advanced structural designs, combined