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LORD Adds Fly-by-Wire Products to Its U.S. Repair Capabilities in Support of Airbus

World’s First CAE-built Bombardier C Series Aircraft Full-flight Simulator

The qualification by the civil aviation authorities represents a new milestone in the pilot-training activities for the C Series aircraft program Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and CAE announced during the International Paris Air Show, that Transport Canada, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authori...

GKN and Boeing Business Jets sign contract for completion of the 737 Boeing Business Jet for the Dutch government

Contract covers the design and completion of the interior of the 737 Boeing Business Jet for the Dutch Government Design work to take off immediately, completed aircraft to be delivered in 2019 GKN’s Fokker business and Boeing Business Jets have signed a contract for the design and c...

Business aviation MRO is into new-gen aircraft and modifications during first half of 2017

With half of the year 2017 almost gone, experts in the private jet MRO industry tend to look back at the trends that developed through the year. This year, new generation aircraft as well as cabin modifications are the ‘hot topics’, both of which are pushing MROs to change service scope and variety. Changing fleet composition is among the key future game-changers for business aircr...

SIA Engineering Company and GE Aviation to form Engine Overhaul Joint Venture

SIA Engineering Company Limited (“SIAEC”) and GE Aviation (“GE”) have agreed to establish a new engine overhaul joint venture based in Singapore. The joint venture will provide a full range of engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the GE90 and GE9X engines. The GE90 engine exclusively powers the Boeing 777-300ER and 777-200LR, and the GE9X engine is the...

Locatory.com signs cooperation agreement with HNA Technic

Aircraft spare parts and repair capabilities marketplace Locatory.com is further expanding its presence in Asia by signing a contract with HNA Technic, MRO unit of the HNA Group – biggest private airline group in China. The Asian company will conduct its spare parts trade on behalf of 20+ airlines using Locatory.com. HNA Technic will be listing over 20 000 commercial aircraft parts on the...

Pratt & Whitney Expands PurePower Geared Turbofan Engine MRO Network

Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., announced that it will widen its global network of providers that maintain the company’s revolutionary PurePower® Geared TurbofanTM (GTF) engines to include Pratt & Whitney’s Eagle Services Asia Pte Ltd (Pratt & Whitney Singapore Engine Center). The Singapore Engine Center will become one of Pratt & W...

SuperJet International extends its maintenance services on the SSJ100

SuperJet International (SJI) – as MRO provider for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) customers – received the extension of the Part 145 maintenance capabilities up to “2 years check”. The approval has been released by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) following a formal audit, which confirmed the conformity of SuperJet International AMO (Approved Maint...

Prognos: the Predictive Aircraft Maintenance tool

During the 2017 Paris Air Show, AFI KLM E&M is presenting its Prognos product range comprising two dedicated predictive maintenance solutions, Prognos for Engine and Prognos for Aircraft. Developed as part of the Group's "MRO Lab" R&D program, the Prognos applications are based on the gathering and analysis of technical data generated by aircraft fleets to further improve...

Raisbeck Engineering receives final STC approval in Argentina

Raisbeck Engineering is pleased to announce that it has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its Swept Blade Propellers for the King Air B300 series from the Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC). “Today’s announcement completes the final STC approval for all Raisbeck Systems in Argentina for the B300 King Air model,” said Bill Lal...

Leonardo's AW101 Norway Training Centre Opens

The opening of the AW101 Norway Training Centre expands Leonardo’s network of regional training centres. The facility houses a new AW101 Full Flight Simulator and other advanced training devices for both pilot and rear crew training. The simulator will be used for the training of Norwegian AW101 pilots and other AW101 customers. Leonardo announced the official op...

Falcon Aviation expands maintenance service centre capability with Pilatus PC-12

Partners with GI Aviation for PC-12 maintenance, hangarage in the UAE Falcon Aviation, the UAE’s leading aviation company specialising in business aviation services, charter and aircraft management, is expanding its MRO activity in the growing turboprop market with a Pilatus PC-12 service centre at its Al Bateen Executive Airport Hangar facility. Under the warranty services of Pilatus...

Scottish ACS Flight Training school acquires Alsim AL42 flight simulator

Alsim is very happy to announce the sale of an AL42 flight simulator, an exact copy of the Diamond DA42, to ACS Flight Training, a flight training organization based in Perth, Scotland. ACS Aviation is based at Perth Airport, which is the hub of general aviation in Scotland, located centrally between Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow. The contract was signed during the AeroExpo Event, UK, at th...

ATR expands its training capacities in Paris

The world’s leading turboprop manufacturer ATR will be adding a brand new Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to its Paris Training Center. Manufactured by TRU Simulation + Training, this new simulator will allow crew members to receive training on the ATR 72-600. The simulator will be EASA-certified and will start operations as of November 2017. Thanks to this brand new FFS, ATR will provi...

Removing the copy+paste barrier in aircraft spare parts supply

As it stands today, Airbus and Boeing have a total of over 11 000 new aircraft in their backlogs. Inevitably, all of these machines will blend into the ageing worldwide fleet, amounting to a colossal 40 000 aircraft in 2035, says Boeing. Nevertheless, as the numbers in this graph flourish, delays and flight cancellations are also on an upward trend, amounting to losses of almost quarter of a milli...

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Daher Aircraft expands its authorized service center Network in Brazil, reinforcing support for the country's growing TBM fleet

Daher Aircraft has strengthened its customer support coverage for Brazilian owners and operators of the fast, efficient TBM airplane family with the addition of two authorized service centers to the c...

Flying more sustainably with “shark skin”: Lufthansa Group tests next-generation AeroSHARK

An Airbus A319 of Lufthansa City Airlines is the world’s first test aircraft for a new generation of fuel-efficient AeroSHARK technology. Lufthansa Technik will test approximately 70 transp...