MRO & Production

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it has added a third commercial aircraft service centre to its growing customer support network worldwide. The facility, located in Macon, Georgia and operated by Bombardier Customer Services complements the two Bombardier-owned commercial aircraft service centres in Bridgeport, West Virginia and Tucson, Arizona. The facility, which began operations on January 18,

Precision Aviation Group (PAG), exclusive provider of ISMRO (Inventory Supported Maintenance Repair & Overhaul), announced approval by Goodrich Corporation (Goodrich) as an Authorized Repair Center (ARC). As an ARC, PAG will provide Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services on Electrical Power Systems products manufactured by Goodrich.

GMF AeroAsia signed three contracts as a result of its participation at the Singapore Airshow earlier this month. The contracts and deals under negotiation represent business opportunities worth $56.75 million. GMF general marketing manager Sandi Yuliawan said the deals include a contract extension with cargo airline Cardig Air for maintenance services for its Boeing B737F.

Fokker Services signed an ABACUS Component Repair Service agreement with SA Express in support of their 7ea Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 aircraft. Under the two-year contract, plus option to extend for another three years, Fokker Services will provide repair and overhaul services for SA Express at fixed cost and within a guaranteed Turn Around Time. ABACUS,

Goodrich has entered into an exclusive agreement with AviaSupport International for nacelle programs in Latin America. Under the new agreement, the Goodrich Aerostructures business unit will use AviaSupport

Aeromexico has retrofitted its first B737-700 with Messier-Bugatti (Safran group) carbon brakes, as part of a large-scale program to upgrade its entire fleet of 36 Boeing 737-700 and -800 Next-Generation twinjets with Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes. This program marks the first actual replacement of steel brakes on B737NGs already in service.

Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has formally launched an MD-80SF Passenger to Freighter Conversion Program. The program, which has been in work for six months, will focus on the modification on four DC9-80 aircraft, MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and the MD-88. The program development costs are being fully funded by AEI including the purchase of prototype aircraft.

Dragon Aviation Leasing recently commissioned engineering and cabin modification work on an Airbus A320 from AFI KLM E&M on behalf of its Juneyao Airlines client. At the customer’s request, AFI KLM E&M successfully took up the challenge of delivering the aircraft two weeks ahead of schedule while complying with the standards set by the European

Wagner Aeronautica has entered an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to pursue a Supplemental Type Certificate for an MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversion. Under this agreement Boeing will provide data to Wagner and will host program specific drawings on the MyBoeingFleet.com Web portal. Operators will also be able to utilize the Boeing field service network for

BAE Systems has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation of Japan to provide design integration and certification services in connection with the propulsion systems for the next-generation Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft. A team from BAE Systems