Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
AJW Group has purchased a Boeing 777-200LR, with GE90 110/115 engines, which was delivered on January 12. The Boeing 777-200LR airframe is compatible with 777-300 ER and B777F aircraft. All components are going to be re-certified by AJW Technique, Montreal. Ian Malin,...
S7 Technics, Russian provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has prepared its Moscow's Domodedovo airport site for the maintenance of the latest generation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The MRO specialist’s Domodedovo facility is approved to carry...
Vallair, the mature aircraft and engine asset specialist, has closed the sale of a V2500-A5 engine to Sojitz Aerospace. The engine was previously flying on MSN974, an Airbus A321 which Vallair purchased from Aercap and leased to Onur Air. The run-out engine will now...
Work has started on the brand-new £65 million research facility for digital aviation at Cranfield University with support from the Birmingham office of built environment consultancy Curtins. The new Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) will develop...
Aerospace Engineering Solutions (AES Global), a UK based aerospace design and certification organisation, it has obtained Egyptian Civil Aviation Regulations (ECAR) Part 21 approval from the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) Approved Design Organisation. The...
Spirit AeroSystems has announced the receipt of its first additive-manufactured, titanium, structural component for the Boeing 787. The part, a back-up fitting for an access door latch, has been machined and finished at Spirit's Wichita site, and installed in a 787...
Spirit AeroSystems has executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Boeing that establishes pricing terms for certain programs including the 737NG, 737 MAX, 767, 777 freighters and 777-9, and the 787 Dreamliner well into the next decade. The agreement also sets...
The A319neo powered by CFM International LEAP-1A engines has achieved joint Type Certification from both the US FAA and European EASA airworthiness authorities. This means that now all three aircraft models – the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo – are certified by the...
Spirit AeroSystems plans to expand operations at its Tulsa, Okla., site by hiring about 250 employees and investing more than $80 million in capital projects to support fuselage manufacturing and assembly work. The multi-year expansion project, which begins in 2019,...
TARMAC Aerosave, the French group specialising in commercial aircraft maintenance, storage, and recycling, has signed a partnership with Aero-Design, an aviation decoration brand. The agreement concerns the development of a range of decorative items made from aircraft...
Embraer has delivered its 1,500th E-Jet, an E175, to Seattle-based Horizon Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group. Horizon Air’s E175 is configured with 12 seats in first class, 12 in premium class and 52 in the main cabin. By the end of the year, Horizon...
Rolls-Royce is celebrating the delivery of the 2,000th Trent 700. Earlier this year Rolls-Royce celebrated the Trent 700 completing its 50 millionth flying hour, the equivalent to flying around the world more than one million times. The Trent 700 was the first member...