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Boeing Commercial Airplanes has selected John Holland Aviation Services (JHAS) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to provide Boeing GoldCare maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the region. The GoldCare program designed by Boeing is a total care engineering and maintenance service to airline operators providing fully integrated maintenance solutions. As a partner in Boeing GoldCare,

Gulfstream G650 has received its provisional type certificate (PTC) from the Federal Aviation Administration. This clears the way for the company to begin interior completions of the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range business jet in preparation for customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2012, as originally planned.  “We are pursuing a two-step certification approach to keep us

Air Berlin and Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) have signed a multi-year Spare Engine Pool Agreement to support Air Berlin’s regional fleet of PW150A powered Dash8-Q400 aircraft operated by Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW). As per the terms of the agreement, LTAA will provide spare engines for planned and unplanned engine removals.

Bombardier Aerospace signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for the establishment of a manufacturing facility in Morocco. The exact site location will be announced at a later date. Bombardier Aerospace intends to invest approximately US$200m in equipment, buildings and start-up costs over the next eight years. Scheduled to be

Embraer and Alcoa have signed a new technology sharing agreement that will utilize Alcoa’s proprietary aluminum alloys, advanced design and manufacturing techniques, and its fastener technologies to support Embraer’s development of new high-performance metallic fuselage and wing solutions for its family of aircraft. Alcoa is a leading supplier of aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions and forgings, and fasteners