STS Aviation Group has formed a new corporate division focused on delivering aircraft repair and modification services. The new division is aptly named STS Repair and Modification, and it is built around an existing team of aircraft maintenance technicians and...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Hawaii Island Air signs smart parts agreement with Bombardier
Hawaii Island Air, Inc. (Island Air) has signed a five-year Smart Parts agreement with Bombardier to provide longer-term component support for its growing fleet of Q400 aircraft. Island Air is currently operating new Q400 aircraft leased from Elix Aviation Capital...
AAR Signs Landing Gear Overhaul Contract with SkyWest
Global aerospace leader AAR has signed a three-year agreement to provide landing gear overhaul and exchange services for SkyWest’s operating carriers. The agreement, which covers landing gear assemblies and sub-assemblies on its fleet of more than 400 Bombardier CRJ...
Cayman Airways Joins AFI KLM E&M 737 Component Service Program
The Cayman Islands flag-carrier has signed a contract covering full component support for a Boeing 737-800 that joined its fleet in December. The aircraft was supported by AFI KLM E&M with its previous operator. The agreement comes under the AFI KLM E&M Boeing...
AerFin complete CFM56-7B ESN 876271 acquisition
AerFin Ltd has completed the acquisition of CFM56-7B engine ESN 876271 from Dublin based aviation company Santos Dumont. The deal is the second such CFM56-7B acquisition of 2017 and further underpins AerFin’s continued growth and presence in the marketplace.
FL Technics opens third Line Maintenance station in Georgia
FL Technics, a global provider of one-stop-shop aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has opened a new line maintenance station at Batumi International Airport (BUS). With the opening of the third location, FL Technics now has ground presence in all of...
FL Technics Indonesia launches Base Maintenance services, welcomes first Boeing 737 NG
FL Technics, a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced that its subsidiary – FL Technics Indonesia – had launched Base Maintenance (BM) services in its facilities at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The first...
Lufthansa Technik completes cabin installation of first Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) granted
Another milestone has been reached in advance of the first passenger flight of an Lufthansa A350-900: After more than 1,700 working hours in Lufthansa Technik's maintenance hangar in Munich, the required cabin installations are complete and the Supplemental Type...
Interjet chooses AerData tools to increase digital record keeping and data analytics-driven decision making
Interjet has chosen AerData’s Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management (STREAM). AerData’s software and services improve efficiencies and enhance competitiveness for customers, including some of the world’s largest airlines, lessors and MROs. In...
Rolls-Royce wins Selectcare order from Lufthansa for Trent engines
Rolls-Royce has won an order from Lufthansa for SelectCare services covering Trent 500 engines on its Airbus A340 aircraft operated by the airline. SelectCare is a fixed price overhaul service agreement that includes a suite of supplementary services that allow...
Cyient signs a definitive agreement to acquire Certon Software
Cyient, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Cyient Inc, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Certon. Based in Melbourne, Florida, USA, Certon is an IP led innovative provider of full product life-cycle engineering services to companies...
Rolls-Royce launches LessorCare
Rolls-Royce has formally launched LessorCare, an aftercare product specifically designed for leasing companies. Rolls-Royce is working in collaboration with key lessor customer AerCap on the design and introduction of LessorCare, in advance of rolling it out to the...