Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Boeing and the State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostech), which majority owns VSMPO-AVISMA Corp, are in talks to expand collaboration in titanium procurement via their titanium-production joint venture Ural Boeing Manufacturing (UBM) to support ongoing...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) has developed an advanced parts locator and RFQ tool. With a stock portfolio valued at over $100m, which is optimally located across UK airports, customers will be able to search for components and consumables by part number...
ST Aerospace has secured new contracts worth about S$590m in the third quarter of 2012. This total contract value is in addition to the component repair management Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBHTM) contract worth about US$80m (approximately S$102m) awarded by AirAsia in...
Volga-Dnepr Technics has launched an aircraft line maintenance station at Frankfurt airport. The company will provide line maintenance service for Boeing 747-200/300/400 aircraft; adding capabilities for the 747-8, 737 and A320s at a later date. AirBridgeCargo...
A J Walter Aviation (AJW), an independent provider of integrated aviation services, and British Airways Engineering, a leading Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has announced it is entering the aftermarket arena for the Boeing 787 with a fully integrated...
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, has signed a long-term contract with Emirates for line maintenance services out of Zurich airport. Under the agreement SR Technics will provide extensive line maintenance support for Boeing 777 and Airbus A330...
British Airways Engineering, the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) provider, has announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Airline Services Components Limited and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran group) to partner in the provision of wheels and brakes...
Rheinland Air Service (RAS), Europe’s independently-owned regional aircraft MRO organization, has launched three new ATR 42/72 line stations throughout Europe. So far this year it has launched the following: • July 2012: RAS opened a new line station in Albania. •...
Airbus has entered into an agreement together with 13 leading aerospace industry and research partners with a letter of intent to cooperate on a “Clean Sky 2” programme. As an extension of the European Commission’s (EC) “Clean Sky” Joint Technology Initiative, the...
A J Walter Aviation has completed its purchase of the component repair business of Aveos Fleet Performance. The Montréal facility will house AJW Technique and become the organisation’s new global headquarters for the repair and overhaul of aircraft components. AJW has...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has gained UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) CAR 21 Design approval. This approval compliments the EASA Part 21J Design Organisation Approval (DOA) already held by MAEL. Commenting on the approval, Engineering Director...
GKN Aerospace has won a contract from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., covering the design, build and supply of composite winglets and ailerons for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 ultra-long-range...