Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with Atlas Air, to provide maintenance and support services for three of the company’s Boeing 767-300ER passenger aircraft. Atlas Air is a unit of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services. The new agreement
Boeing will establish Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil, a research and technology center in Sao Paulo, that will work with the country’s leading researchers and scientists to develop aerospace technologies. Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil, which will open later this year will serve as a hub for collaboration between Boeing and Brazilian R&D organizations, including government agencies,
Southern Air Holdings reported the addition of two Boeing 777Fs to its fleet. With these additions, Southern Air will operate four 777F aircraft, the most advanced twin-engine freighter. Southern Air has taken delivery of its third 777F and will take delivery of its fourth on April 25th from Boeing. The new aircraft will be immediately
GE Aviation has signed a 15-year OnPoint solution agreement with SkyWest Airlines for material to support its 150 CF34-8C5B1 engines that power the airline’s Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft. The material agreement is valued at more than $360m over the life of the contract.
Sabena technics and airBaltic, which have already been cooperating on component repair for some years, have decided to extend their successful collaboration to aircraft structures repair. Within the scope of this contract, Sabena technics will provide loans and repairs to airBaltic for its B737 CFM56-3 thrust reversers. In order to guarantee its customer a high
Global Aviation Holdings (Global), a leading provider of charter air transportation, commercial global passenger and cargo air transportation services, and Lufthansa Technik AG have extended their existing cooperation for Global’s wholly-owned subsidiaries World Airways (World) and North American Airlines (North American). The two companies have signed a new Total Component Maintenance TCM contract for up
Component Control released that global customer AMETEK Aerospace & Defense’s MRO Division is continuing the rollout of Quantum Control to include its Antavia business in France. Scheduled for completion this summer, this facility will be the fifth AMETEK MRO implementation with Quantum Control since rollout began in 2010. AMETEK’s MRO Division locations running Quantum include
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Technical Training Academy (MAETTA) is to commence Boeing 787 training this year; investing $2.5m on state-of-the-art desk top training equipment. Based at London Luton Airport, the technical training academy will undergo a complete refurbishment providing several new classrooms and facilities for Composite and Fibre optic training, a technology that is now being
AAR is now offering maintenance, repair and overhaul services for aircraft engine fuel pumps, expanding its portfolio of MRO services to the aviation, government and defense industries. The repairs will be performed at AAR’s Aircraft Component Services facility in Garden City, New York. “Adding fuel pump maintenance and repairs to our MRO offerings represents a
Kenya Airways has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power its nine firm Boeing 787 Dreamliners with an option for four additional aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at $380 million list price.
