ST Aerospace’s VIP Completion arm, AERIA Luxury Interiors (AERIA) secured its first Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) customer when it was awarded a 12-year maintenance support contract for its first ACJ, an A319. Under the agreement, AERIA will carry out heavy...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Bombardier expands worldwide mobile response services ahead of the Global 7500 Aircraft’s Entry-into-Service
In the second half of 2018, Bombardier will add a dedicated Challenger 300 aircraft to its worldwide Mobile Response Team, which provides comprehensive onsite, mobile and aircraft-on-ground resolution services. Building on the success of the North American...
StandardAero celebrates 2,500th GE CF34 Engine MRO Workscope
StandardAero recently celebrated completion of its 2,500th workscope on the GE Aviation CF34 turbofan engine. StandardAero was first appointed as an Authorized Service Provider (ASP) for the CF34-3 and CF34-8 in 2001. StandardAero provides a full range of...
Lufthansa Technik to provide Total Technical Support for Comair
The South African airline Comair and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive long-term Total Technical Support (TTS) contract. In the frame of the new agreement, Lufthansa Technik will provide engineering, planning, line maintenance and component support...
IAI and Honeywell propose a jointly developed turn key GPS Anti-Jam Navigation System
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Honeywell have signed a Teaming Agreement (TA) to introduce the market of airborne avionics with a jointly developed turnkey GPS Anti-Jam navigation system. The joint product integrates IAI's GPS Anti-Jam system with...
Airbus BizLab expands its global network with new Spanish campus
Airbus has expanded its global network of BizLabs by opening a fourth campus in Madrid (Spain) after Toulouse (France), Hamburg (Germany) and Bangalore (India). This milestone is part of Airbus’ strategy to establish a global network of aerospace business...
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions application is first to be certified for Inmarsat’s SB-S platform
Inmarsat has announced that FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, which provides real-time aircraft intelligence and cockpit solutions, is the first partner for its recently-launched Aviation Certified Application Provider (CAP) Programme. The Aviation CAP Programme...
Air BP announces innovative Airfield Automation technology
Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier, has developed a new Airfield Automation technology to enhance safety, reliability and compliance in airport fuelling operations. This new digital platform for operators and airports is an...
Aerostar Civil Aircraft MRO expansion plans on track
A contract has now been signed for the design, construction and fitting out of Aerostar’s new MRO facility at Iasi International Airport in northeast Romania. This followed the signing of a 49-year lease with the local authorities in the late summer of 2017....
airBaltic orders 30 CS300s; fuel latest
Latvian airline airBaltic has signed a firm purchase agreement for 30 CS300s aircraft with options for an additional 30 aircraft. This order adds to the existing order of 20 CS300s. “As an early adopter of the C Series, we took a forward-looking decision on...
Condor 767 hit by bird at Moi International Airport
A 767 aircraft belonging to German leisure airline Condor failed to take off at the Moi International Airport Mombasa after a bird struck one of its engines. A statement from Johannes Winter, the Head of Communications at Condor said that a bird hit the left...
TEST-FUCHS among first to select IFS Applications 10 for aerospace engineering, manufacturing and maintenance
TEST-FUCHS Group, which manufactures test systems and components for the aerospace and defence (A&D) industry, is one of the first A&D customers to select the recently launched IFS Applications 10 as its global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and...