Lufthansa Technik and GE Aviation signed new long-term agreements for maintenance services for the GE9X and GEnx-2B engines as part of a continued effort to expand maintenance choice and shop capacity for customers operating the latest generation of engines. The GE...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Pratt & Whitney and Lufthansa Technik sign strategic agreement to strengthen Geared Turbofan engine MRO services
Lufthansa Technik has signed a strategic network agreement to become a key member of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine MRO network offering the full scope of MRO services on PW1100G-JM and PW1500G engines. The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine network...
airBaltic signs up for C Series Smart Parts Program
Latvian flag carrier Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic) has selected Bombardier's Smart Parts Program to provide component support for its fleet of 20 all-new C Series aircraft. The five-year agreement positions airBaltic as the second customer for the C Series...
Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico opens third bay
Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico has started operating its third bay at the beginning of July. The new bay is a heavy maintenance line performing C-Checks and cabin modifications similar to the existing two operating bays in the hangar. It will be the second line...
Norwegian agrees to record GoldCare coverage
Norwegian has committed to GoldCare coverage for its 737 MAX fleet and expanded coverage for the airline's entire 787 Dreamliner fleet. The new services agreements represent the largest commercial services order in Boeing history. Norwegian will launch Boeing's 737...
Austrian Airlines and GE expand TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement on GE90 engines
Austrian Airlines and GE expanded a TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services to 10 GE90-90B engines that power its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The agreement is valued at $70 million over the life of the contract. "The...
Turkish Airlines extends its TrueChoice agreements on CF6 engines
Turkish Airlines and GE signed extensions to its TrueChoice Flight Hour and TrueChoice Overhaul agreements for the CF6-80E engines that power its fleet of seven Airbus A330 aircraft. Along with the maintenance, repair and overhaul services, GE Aviation will also...
AJW Aviation renews power-by-the-hour contracts with Air Blue and Air Peace
AJW Aviation, the integrated aircraft support specialist, has renewed power-by-the-hour contracts with Air Blue, Pakistan, and Air Peace, Nigeria. Air Blue first signed an agreement with AJW in 2005, becoming one of the organisation’s longest standing PBH customers....
Gama Aviation acquires FlyerTech and Aerstream
Gama Aviation has acquired FlyerTech and Aerstream for a total initial consideration of £3 million. The acquisition, announced to the London Stock Exchange, will boost Gama Aviation’s CAMO (continued airworthiness management organisation) consultancy services, which...
SAMCO receives authorized maintenance organization approval for Bombardier C Series Aircraft
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has Authorized Service Facility (ASF), SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance has received its C Series aircraft Part 145 base maintenance approval from the Civil Aviation Authority, The Netherlands. This approval recognizes SAMCO as the first Part...
ST Engineering’s Aerospace Arm Establishes New Site For Components Manufacturing
Singapore Technologies Engineering’s (ST Engineering) aerospace arm Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) announced that its subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) will be setting up a new subsidiary in Kodersdorf, Germany, with a planned equity of €5.5m....
easyJet opens its first maintenance hangar at London Gatwick
easyJet has opened a new purpose built 2 bay hangar facility at London Gatwick Airport. The innovative hangar design, which is over 5,400 square metres and provides superior thermal properties reducing energy costs, was selected from market leader RUBB buildings....