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TS&S Aerospace awarded with contract to service Trent 700 from SriLankan Airlines

Aerospace Turbine Services & Solutions LLC (TS&S Aerospace), a leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider for aircraft engines in the Middle East, has been selected by SriLankan Airlines to service the Trent 700 engine. TS&S Aerospace is the first independent aviat...

Jet Aviation’s Maintenance Center performs first maintenance on a BBJ-777

Jet Aviation’s MRO facility in Basel recently signed its first agreement to perform maintenance on a Boeing Business Jet 777-200 for an undisclosed client in the Middle East. The wide-body aircraft is to be redelivered to the client on December 25, 2016. Despite the short turnaround ti...


New ANSAT in "Barvikha" Helipark

"Russian Helicopter Systems" fleet got the latest domestic helicopter ANSAT and became its first non-state operator. As part of this event in Helipark "Barvikha" I attended the presentation and demonstration flights of the new helicopter. A few words about the hero  ... Light twin-engine multipurpose ANSAT helicopter ( translating from the Tatar "easy&q...

Jet Aviation completes first 192-month check on a Gulfstream V in Geneva

Jet Aviation’s maintenance center in Geneva has recently completed its first 192-month, ultra-heavy maintenance check on a Gulfstream V. The Geneva maintenance facility’s first 192-month inspection on a Gulfstream V was performed together with a number of service bulletins (SBs) and a Water Line Ribbon Heater Upgrade. Extensive overhauls of all major aircraft systems and struct...

Sir Tim Clark Officially Opens AIM Altitude’s New Facility

On Monday 19th December, Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates, officially opened AIM Altitude’s new purpose-built facility at Bournemouth Airport. The opening ceremony was attended by Mahmood Ameen and Nadir Bhola, Senior VP Engineering Projects and Manager Engineering Projects of Emirates; Peer Wiebe, Vice President  Airbus; Members of the Chinese Embassy; Christopher Chope MP; Ni...

Baines Simmons Partners with CGE Risk Management

Air Partner’s aviation safety consultancy division Baines Simmons has partnered with CGE Risk Management, the leading provider of barrier based risk management solutions, to offer two collaborative courses on Bow Tie training services. The courses are offered as part of Baines Simmons’ suite of Safety Risk Management courses and are entitled “Successfully Applying BowTieXP in Avi...

RUAG delivers third Dornier 228 from new series production to customer NCA

RUAG Aviation announces the delivery of the third Dornier 228 from new series production to New Central Airservice (NCA), on 14 December 2016, fulfilling the terms of the purchase agreement announced in July of this year. The Japanese operator, and return Dornier 228 customer, together with longstanding partner, Sojitz Aerospace Corporation (SOASCO), were on hand to take official delivery of the n...

Jet Aviation gains EASA approval to support Challenger 604/605/650 aircraft in Vienna

Jet Aviation has recently received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to provide line maintenance to Bombardier Challenger 604/605/650 aircraft from its maintenance facility in Vienna, Austria. Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility in Vienna is ready to fully support Bombardier aircraft owners and operators in the region. The Vienna-based maintenance operatio...

Jet Aviation earns ACJ FAA repair station ratings for maintenance center in Singapore

Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility in Singapore has recently received repair station ratings from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Airbus ACJ 318/319/320/321 series aircraft. With these approvals, Jet Aviation’s maintenance facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore is now authorized by the FAA to provide full line and base maintenance services to ACJ318...

MENA Technics forms a new strategic alliance with Inter-Tec

MENA Technics WLL, a subsidiary maintenance organization of MENA Aerospace has announced a new strategic alliance with Inter-Tec a leading UK based aviation design, analysis, certification, problem- solving and training specialist serving clients around the world. The purpose of the alliance is to deliver precision engineering design capabilities and the capacity to implement and carry out the wor...

Lufthansa Technik Closing Aircraft Overhaul in Hamburg

Lufthansa Technik is to close its Hamburg overhaul operations for commercial aircraft in the course of 2017. Discussions with the wage accord partner, ver.di, ended without agreement yesterday. Despite intensive negotiations regarding the essential accord cost reductions, the negotiating partners were unable to find a solution that would make a commercially viable continuation of Aircraft Overh...

Boeing Selects Evergreen Aviation Technologies for 767-300 Passenger-to-Freighter Conversions

Boeing announced that Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT) will perform passenger-to-freighter conversions for the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) program. Under the agreement, EGAT, an award-winning aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Taiwan, will modify and convert 767-300BCFs. The first airplane converted at the facility will redeliver in 2018. Boei...

RUAG named Authorised Service Centre for the AW139 by Leonardo

RUAG Aviation has secured Authorised Service Centre status for the Leonardo AW139 helicopter at its locations in Sion and Lugano, Switzerland. This authorisation confirms RUAG Aviation as a full support partner for the AW139 helicopter, including all maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), as well as warranty services. “The new type ratings for the Leonardo AW139 at both our Sion and Luga...

TAG Aviation Farnborough Maintenance Services Expands its Business Aircraft Interiors Offering

 TAG Farnborough Maintenance Services (TFMS) in conjunction with Zodiac VIP Business Aircraft Interiors (ZBAI) is now able to provide improved business aircraft interiors capabilities.  Services range from smart repairs to discreet cabinet refurbishments and minor interior modifications.  The range of products extends to furniture, carpets, seats and cabin periphery.   &ldqu...

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