JorAMCo and Air Arabia signed contract annexes for heavy maintenance services on seven A320 aircraft operated by Air Arabia. The service includes heavy C-checks, engine swaps, relevant SBs and Ads, modifications and upgrades. The signing of the contract took place during the MRO ME 2011 in Dubai. Work on the first Air Arabia A320 aircraft
Senegal Airlines, the new African operator, has awarded a five year power-by-the-hour contact for its first two A319 aircraft to A J Walter Aviation. The start-up airline has purchased six Airbuses for its fleet and will take delivery of two more this year. In addition, Senegal Airlines has signed a multi-million dollar spares lease with
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. and Delta TechOps have entered into a strategic MRO (maintenance) partnership agreement. As part of the five-year contract, which includes an additional five-year option, Delta TechOps will provide overhaul service for around 50% of GOL’s CFM56-7 engines and maintenance for parts and components on GOL’s fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft.
StandardAero has signed an exclusive maintenance agreement with West Atlantic. This long-term contract covers over 80 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 and PW126A engines. The support agreement involves engine maintenance and field support, as well as technical expertise to facilitate the development of West Atlantic
AAXICO has signed a distribution agreement with Goodrich Corporation
Airbus has decided to raise the production rate for its A330 Family to ten aircraft a month from the second quarter of 2013. Currently Airbus turns out eight A330 Family aircraft each month. This monthly rate will increase to nine in early 2012, before reaching rate ten in the second quarter of 2013. The A330
GE Aviation and India’s national carrier Air India have signed a 20-year OnPoint solution agreement that covers its GE90 engines. Air India will expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities at its Mumbai, India facility to include GE90 engine overhaul. The current schedule calls for the Mumbai facility to be certified for basic GE90
B/E Aerospace has been selected by a number of China
Embraer reinforced its partnership with EgyptAir by signing a five-year agreement with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering, which has become an authorized service center for the EMBRAER 170/190 family. Based in Cairo, Egypt, the airline is already an Embraer Flight Hour Pool Program customer, and now the group
PGA-Portugalia Airlines and Fokker Services have agreed to a Life Time FLYFokker Take Care contract for the support of their six Fokker 100 aircraft. Fokker Services developed the Take Care solution for existing operators. It focuses on increasing Technical Dispatch Reliability (TDR), reducing Direct Operating Cost (DOC) and improving passenger comfort. ABACUS is the component
