All MRO articles – Page 151
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Collins and BAE win 777X fly-by-wire systems deals
BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins have won key roles in producing flight-control systems for the 777X family of aircraft, the suppliers disclosed today.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: RUAG repositions Dornier 228 for twin markets
RUAG says it is refocusing the way it markets the Dornier 228 NG, the venerable high-wing twin-turboprop it relaunched production of in 2010.
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Air France-KLM’s MRO arm wins 787 support deal from Virgin
Virgin Atlantic has selected Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to provide component and APU support for its on-order Boeing 787 fleet.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE to open Alabama 3-D printing factory
GE Aviation has decided to equip a factory in Auburn, Alabama, to make engine fuel nozzles using additive manufacturing techniques.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: A330 line to be all-Neo before 2020
Airbus aims to complete the transition to all-A330neo production by the end of 2019, following its launch of the re-engined type.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing backs 787 after A330neo launch
Boeing chief executive Ray Conner re-affirmed his confidence in the competitiveness of his product line-up against new competition in the form of the newly-launched A330-800 and -900.
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AnalysisFARNBOROUGH: Airbus lays out A330neo specifications
Airbus expects to achieve a range of 6,200nm with its A330-900neo, which will be the first re-engined variant to market, while the -800neo will be able to reach 7,450nm.
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ST Aero secures S$520 million contracts in Q2 2014
ST Aerospace secured S$520 million ($419.3 million) worth of contracts in the second quarter of 2014.
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Oman Air extends MRO partnership with Joramco
Oman Air has contracted Joramco for base maintenance on its Embraer 175 and Airbus A330 fleet.
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LHT becomes partner in GEnx nacelle repairs
GE subsidiary Middle River Aircraft Systems is to co-operate with Lufthansa Technik for maintenance of GEnx-2B engine nacelles.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH Superjet International targets Latin America with Russian regional jet
Superjet International has a message for rival Embraer – watch out, we are coming after you in your own back yard.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: P&W confirms seal failure caused CSeries grounding
Pratt & Whitney confirms that a seal problem in the engine oil system caused the uncontained failure on 29 May of the PW1500G engine powering the Bombardier CSeries FTV-1, which remains grounded until both companies validate a proposed solution with Canadian regulators.
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FARNBOROUGH: Signs point to Bastille Day A330neo launch
Airbus could be poised to launch two versions of a re-engined A330 as early as tomorrow, as tantalising evidence mounts that the airframer will substantially modernise its twin-jet workhorse to take on the Boeing 787.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Lessor Falko commits for up to 24 CSeries
Operating lessor Falko Regional Aircraft has signed two letter of Intent (LOIs) with Bombardier for up to 24 firm CS100 aircraft.
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NewsTeasing 'A330neo' and 'A350-300' domains reserved
While Airbus has increasingly indicated a leaning towards re-engining the A330, it has yet to give any formal pointers towards a possible designation for the type.
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NewsBoeing rejects 'mega-city' case for A380
Boeing is dismissing Airbus’s claim that the emergence of “mega-cities” will drive future demand for high-capacity transports including the A380.
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FARNBOROUGH: Komsomolsk - an unlikely centre for Russia's new aviation industry
Russia’s first “Western” jet is assembled in a city that is about as far from the West as you can be in that vast country. An 8h flight across seven time zones from Moscow and frozen for much of the year, Komsomolsk-on-Amur was established in the 1930s to build ships ...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Airbus faces up to its widebody conundrums
The rivalry in the widebody sector is intense not because Airbus and Boeing have directly competing products, but because they do not. Each has a different vision for the long-haul market, and the Farnborough air show will see them continue their tussle over which is right.
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Air New Zealand mum on 787-9 video opportunity
Air New Zealand is not ready to confirm if the launch of the Boeing 787-9 in commercial service will come with one of the Star Alliance carrier’s strategically viral marketing videos.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Alcoa's Firth Rixon move is the latest engine sector transformation
When GKN bought Volvo Aero in 2016 for £633 million ($1 billion), the UK-headquartered Tier 1 described the deal as transformational, a word it has gone on to use repeatedly to underscore the impact of an acquisition that, at a stroke, made the company one of the largest players in ...