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AAR Signs Landing Gear Maintenance Contract with Asiana Airlines

For the first time, global aerospace leader AAR (NYSE: AIR) will provide landing gear overhaul and exchange services for Asiana Airlines. The five-year agreement covers landing gear assemblies and sub-assemblies for Asiana’s 767-38EF-300 and 777-200ER aircraft. The new partnership with the Asian...

Bombardier Celebrates 40 Years of Aircraft Heavy Maintenance Operations in Tucson

Bombardier is pleased to celebrate its 40th year of operations in Tucson, Arizona. Occupying almost 1 million square feet (92,900 square metres) of total hangar space, the Tucson Air Centre is the largest of Bombardier’s nine Aircraft Service Centres and services both Bombardier commercial and...


Serbian students complete first phase of engineering training in the UAE

A group of students from Belgrade in Serbia have completed the first phase of their engineering training in the United Arab Emirates and will now commence the next stage of their practical learning with Etihad Airways Engineering. The students are from one of several batches of engineering trainees who have undertaken their training in the UAE. Italian and Seychellois graduates are also moving...

CargoLogicAir signs B747-400 maintenance contract with Volga-Dnepr Gulf

CargoLogicAir, the new British cargo airline, has signed an agreement with Volga-Dnepr Gulf to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter. The London Stansted-based cargo airline, a partner of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been performing charter services and servicing an ACMI contract since being awarded its Air Operator Certificate by the UK Civil Aviation Authority at the...

Boeing offers sneak peak of new T-X trainer

After photos leaked of Northrop Grumman and BAE System’s new T-X trainer offering, Boeing and Saab revealed their own T-X sneak peak this week. A few shadowy glimpses of the trainer appeared over four videos posted on Boeing’s new T-X website over the weekend. The clean sheet design has two engine inlets, a high mounted wing and a conventional, vertical tail. That design marks a dep...

Jet Aviation installs its first advanced aviation dishwasher in Basel

Jet Aviation recently installed its first cutting-edge in-flight dishwasher (ADW 600) that was developed in-house at its Basel facility to support all aircraft types. The ADW 600 was successfully installed in Basel on a VVIP Airbus 330-200ER. The Aviation DishWasher (ADW 600) was installed by Jet Aviation on a VVIP Airbus 330-200ER and certified through the EASA PART-21 DOA minor modification a...

Lufthansa Technik: Component services for China Airlines' new Airbus A350 fleet

Lufthansa Technik and Taiwan based airline China Airlines have comprehensively expanded their partnership by entering into a new  long term agreement for component services (Total Component Support, TCS®) for China Airlines Airbus A350 fleet. According to the contract, the Hamburg/Germany-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider is now responsible for the&nb...

GKN aims to fly high in China's growing aerospace industry

Engineering group GKN is hoping to leverage its recent acquisition of Fokker to build a foothold in China’s burgeoning aerospace sector. The country is forecast to be the fastest growing aviation market in the world over the next 20 years, and China’s nascent aerospace industry could become a strong player in the field. Nigel Stein, chief executive of GKN, which derives 35pc...

AAR Extends Reach in Middle East with flydubai PBH Contract

AAR , a leading provider of aircraft maintenance and integrated supply chain solutions worldwide, has signed a long-term, multimillion-dollar contract to provide power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services to Dubai-based flydubai. The agreement represents a significant expansion of AAR’s commercial footprint in the Middle East. AAR will assume nose...

FL Technics diversifies its base maintenance client portfolio

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, continues the diversification of its base maintenance client portfolio by signing a new deal with an airline from the MENA region – Express Air Cargo. Under the agreement, FL Technics shall provide redelivery checks on two of the carrier’s Boeing 737s. Both Boeing 737-300 aircraft have...

DC Aviation expands maintenance capabilities

DC Aviation has been granted approval to expand its maintenance capabilities to include Bombardier´s Challenger 850 and Global 6000. “We are extremely pleased to add the Bombardier Challenger 850 and Global 6000 to our maintenance capabilities,” said Frank Domogalla, manager customer relationship maintenance at DC Aviation. “This expansion is due to increased customer de...

MAC Interiors are expanding into soft furnishing

MAC Interiors, UK-based airline interior specialists, continues to expand its customer profile and increase the number of orders after the acquisition by Magnetic MRO. Lately, the company had won an order to provide seat foams and covers for a number of Fokker 50 aircrafts; by which MACInteriors at the same time will significantly enhance its in-house capability as well as overseas...

STS Line Maintenance Opens New Station in White Plaines, New York

STS Line Maintenance (STSLM), a division of STS Aviation Group, announces the opening a brand new line maintenance station in White Plaines, New York. The company will now provide on-call and scheduled aircraft services to all commercial and regional carriers operating out of Westchester County Airport (HPN). The new STS Line Maintenance station is powered by highly trained staff of Aircraft Ma...

Spatial completes manufacturing plant expansion

Spatial, the UAE based manufacturer of full flight pilot and cabin crew simulators, has completed a major upgrade of its manufacturing facilities in the RAKIA Free Zone. The company has now completed a 12,000 square foot factory extension complete with a temperature and pressure controlled composites processing plant, a fully integrated CNC machine centre and a automation division building PLC...

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