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Rolls-Royce Trent XWB completes first test flight

The A350 XWB’s new engine – the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB – has successfully made its maiden flight aboard Airbus’ dedicated A380 “Flying-Test-Bed” aircraft. The aircraft took off from Airbus facilities in Toulouse and performed a flight of more than five hours during which the engine covered a wide range of power settings at altitudes up

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SIA Engineering secures VietJet Air contract

SIA Engineering (SIAEC) announced the signing of an Inventory Technical Management (ITM) Services Agreement with VietJet Air, a low-cost airline based in Hanoi. The five-year contract, covering VietJet’s fleet of six A320 aircraft, will see SIAEC providing a wide spectrum of ITM services, including spares pooling and support, as well as component repair and overhaul.

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SR Technics enhances VIP design and engineering capabilities

SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) network, has received Production Organization Approval from the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA), enabling SR Technics to take aircraft interior design and engineering to innovative levels. All interior design and engineering will be carried out at SR Technics’ VIP Completion Centre

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JEJU AIR chooses Honeywell's Advanced Avionics Technology

South Korean low-cost carrier JEJU AIR has selected Honeywell Aerospace to provide a full suite of avionics for its new fleet of Boeing 737-800 NG passenger aircraft. This multimillion-dollar contract covers six aircraft that are expected to be delivered between 2013 and 2017. JEJU AIR will be the first LCC in North Asia to fly

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Bombardier awards Learjet 85 contract to Comtek Advanced Structures

Comtek Advanced Structures (Comtek), a subsidiary of Avcorp Industries, has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Aerospace under which Comtek will design, manufacture and support the floor panels for the Learjet 85 business jet. Comtek currently supplies the floor panels for Bombardier’s Q400 turboprop and CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000 regional jets and has done so since the

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Honeywell equips Eastar Jet with Auxiliary Power Units

Honeywell Aerospace has been awarded a contract to provide its auxiliary power units (APUs) and a three-year maintenance program for Eastar Jet’s growing fleet of Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft. This agreement provides Eastar Jet with a reliable, high-performance APU solution with easy maintainability and lower cost of ownership.  In addition to Honeywell’s standard APU product

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SIA Engineering secures MRO contract for Scoot's B777 fleet

SIA Engineering signed an Aircraft Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) services agreement with the new low-cost carrier Scoot. The MRO agreement covers heavy and light airframe maintenance checks, line maintenance and defect rectification. It is a two year agreement with an option of a one-year extension. Scoot, wholly-owned by Singapore Airlines, will be operating the

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CEBU Pacific selects Rolls-Royce TotalCare

Rolls-Royce is to provide Philippines airline Cebu Pacific with long-term TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines on up to eight Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract will be worth up to $280m. Cebu Pacific will use the aircraft to launch long haul operations in the second half of 2013 and these will be the first

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SriLankan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik sign 5-year component

SriLankan Airlines and Lufthansa Technik have signed a 5-year component supply contract for the carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet. Spare parts will be supplied to the airline’s home base at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, where also the main base stock of certain Aircraft-On-Ground (AOG) relevant components is being kept. Repair and pooling of the components

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Wings Air to become largest ATR operator with 60 aircraft

Lion Air and the European regional turboprop manufacturer ATR signed a contract at the Singapore Airshow, for the purchase of 27 additional ATR 72-600 aircraft. Once these aircraft will be integrated into the fleet of Lion Air’s regional subsidiary Wings Air, it will become the largest operator of ATR aircraft with a total fleet of

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