Iberia has converted an Airbus A330-200 passenger airliner into a Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), equipped for mid-air refuelling. It was the first time such a complex task has been performed in Spain, where Iberia maintenance and engineering teams completed it in a record 16 months. After the final flight test on March 15th, the
Qatar Airways Technical Division has once again renewed its supplier approval of A J Walter Aviation, the integrated aviation spares support specialist. Every year AJW successfully wins or renews approvals with over twenty-five airlines, airline engineering and OEM customers from across the globe. It currently holds over 250 individual customer approvals and has been providing
Jet Aviation Geneva has received South Africa CAA repair station approval. The company is now authorized to service South African-registered aircraft. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has authorized Jet Aviation Geneva as a repair station, which permits the company to service South African-registered aircraft.
Low-cost airline AirAsia X, renewed its contract with the Manila-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company, Lufthansa Technik Philippines. The recently signed supplemental contract covers light C-checks to be done this year for AirAsia X
SR Technics has signed an agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to carry out two C-Checks during February and March 2011. The checks will be conducted in SR Technics
StandardAero has signed an exclusive five-year contract for Model 250 engine repair and overhaul services with the City of Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. All work will be performed at StandardAero facilities in Winnipeg, Canada and Concord, N.C. Repair and overhaul services will be performed on the police department
Germania, the privately owned airline based in Berlin, has awarded A J Walter Aviation a multi-million dollar contract to provide component power-by-the-hour support for its Airbus A319 and Boeing 737-700 fleets. Winning this long-term ten year agreement is yet another step forward for AJW and represents its first major contract award in the demanding German
Leading Edge Aviation Services has been selected by Boeing to paint 787 Dreamliners assembled at Boeing’s new North Charleston, S.C., final assembly and delivery facility. Leading Edge will perform the work at its Amarillo, Texas facility where other wide-body airplanes are painted. The company, which specializes in commercial and military aircraft painting, will apply final
Airbus and its parent company EADS have signed a procurement frame contract with Southwest Aluminium (Group) Co., one of the largest aluminium product producers in China, for the manufacture and supply of aluminium plate. EADS
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Airbus to provide the nacelle system for a new engine for the Airbus A320 Family of single-aisle airplanes. Under the agreement, Goodrich will design the nacelle and thrust reversers for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower(R) 1100G engine that will power the Airbus A320 Family, designated the A320neo (new engine
