AgustaWestland reported the signing of a non-exclusive agreement with United Rotorcraft, an Air Methods division, to design, an air ambulance interior concept for the AW169 helicopter. The agreement includes AgustaWestland providing United Rotorcraft a full scale cabin Mock-up of the AW169 aircraft for design and full integration of the EMS interior. This solution will include several
In continuation of the 757-200PCC Combi program, Precision Conversions has received the conformity aircraft from Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group. The 1994 Pratt & Whitney powered 757-200 has been inducted at Flightstar Aircraft Services facility in Jacksonville, FL and is currently undergoing modification. The Combi award from CAM is part of a
Lufthansa Technik recently signed a Total Technical Support TTS contract (including Total Material Operations TMO) with Nok Air and will consequently provide all-round support for the Thai airline’s new Boeing 737 NG fleet from November onwards. Technical fleet management on site and Maintenance Management Services (MMS) are just as much part of the extensive service spectrum
Coopesa RL signed a C check maintenance agreement for two A319 aircraft. Maintenance will be carried out at Coopesa´s facilities in San Jose, Costa Rica, in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) has completed the 50th Airframe Heavy Maintenance Check for Asiana Airlines. The recently completed 50th maintenance event on its B747-400 airframe included full cabin upgrade modifications with new seating and enhanced In-Flight Entertainment system installations. Since 2004, EGAT has been an airframe maintenance and interior retrofit service partner for Asiana on narrow
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Rossiya Airlines. The agreement will see MAEL to provide support to the Russian operator’s winter flights to Goa, India, on which they will operate Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
MRO and commercial aircraft paint facility Jet Midwest Technik has recently entered into an agreement with SkyWest Airlines to perform “Premium” aircraft paint services for the airline’s CRJ-200 fleet currently operated on behalf of United Express. Jet Midwest Technik is currently painting two continuous lines of aircraft at their 1,200,000 sq. ft MRO facility at
Boeing began building the first Next-Generation 737 at the program’s new production rate of 35 airplanes a month. The rate is increasing from 31.5 airplanes a month to meet worldwide market demand for the best-selling single-aisle airplane. Employees loaded chords and webs manufactured by the Boeing Fabrication division into the company’s newest automated spar assembly tool,
The CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group has been selected by Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group) to manufacture a complete suite of 20 actuators for multiple business and regional aircraft platforms. CIRCOR Aerospace will perform the manufacturing, final assembly and testing of these actuators at its Corona, California facilities. CIRCOR Aerospace was previously awarded several design and development and legacy
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty was chosen once again by Airbus to supply the nose and main landing gear for the A320 family, including the A320neo family. The European aircraft manufacturer currently accounts for 60% of Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s landing gear activity as it supplies landing gear to the entire Airbus single aisle program as well as A330, A340 and A380 nose landing gears
