All MRO articles – Page 548
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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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BFGoodrich
Stephen Henderson has become vice-president and general manager for the component-services division of BFGoodrich Aerospace Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Group. He was formerly general manager of sales and marketing at GE Engine Services and, before that, was managing director of Aviall Caledonian Engine Services in Scotland, UK. ...
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US Airways
US Airways, of Arlington, Virginia, has appointed Fred Poole vice-president of heavy maintenance, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was formerly general manager of the United Airlines maintenance centre, based at Indianapolis, Indiana. Source: Flight International
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Overhaul start-up
Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering have officially opened their new engine-overhaul joint venture for business. Hong Kong Aero Engine Services' new $130 million centre in Tseung Kwan O will specialise in the overhaul and repair of R-R RB.211-524, -535, Trent 700/800 and International Aero Engines V2500 family. ...
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BA sells
British Airways is to sell the landing-gear overhaul unit of its components overhaul section to Hawker Pacific of California, USA, and expects to announce a buyer for its wheels and brakes overhaul unit in October. The sales form part of the airline's £1 billion ($1.5 billion) business-efficiency programme. ...
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FAA gets tough with freight operators
All US cargo carriers face tougher US Federal Aviation Administration surveillance in the wake of the 7 August fatal crash of a Fine Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter during its take-off from Miami International Airport, Florida. The FAA has started by suspending Fine Air's operating certificate and revising ...
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Low fares or bust?
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Air South's recent bankruptcy has struck a chill note for US start-up airlines. Although the carrier may have been a relatively small player, its demise is dangerously close to home for a low-cost airline sector in which nobody is looking secure. The financial performance ...
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FLS Aerospace
UK maintenance organisation FLS Aerospace of Stansted Airport, Essex, has appointed sales manager Mike Wilson head of sales; Phil Whitehead, key account manager, becomes head of key accounts; Mervyn Yaffe is promoted to key account manager from contract officer; Jackie Gregory becomes key account support manager, having been customer support ...
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Innotech contract
Innotech Aviation has been awarded a $1.9 million contract by Poly Technologies to perform airframe inspection and repair on the Chinese company's three Learjet 35 executive jets. Under the terms of the contract, Innotech's sister company, Execaire, will provide aircraft ferrying, flight-planning and support services. Source: ...
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AMR buys Dalfort
AMR Airline Services has acquired Dalfort Aviation Services, including office space for its growing workforce, a hangar on lease to K-C Aviation and a fixed-based operation (FBO) at Dallas Love Field, Texas. Business-aviation services will move to AMR Combs' existing Love Field FBO. Dalfort's large maintenance hangar is not part ...
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Workshop
++ Air UK Engineering has signed a five-year deal with Skyways to undertake heavy maintenance on the Swedish carrier's fleet of eight Fokker F50s after the UK company successfully completed a year-long contract. ++ Dee Howard has begun heavy maintenance of an Airborne Express Douglas DC-8-63 under an agreement covering ...
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Keeping promises
Emma Kelly/London The in-flight-entertainment (IFE) industry has undergone a radical change this year, with the leading hardware providers finally conceding that they are guilty of over-promising and under-delivering to their airline customers. After years of trying to meet airline requests for ever-more ambitious IFE applications, the makers have ...
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GE gets Greenwich
General Electric completed its $530 million acquisition of Greenwich Air Services, as promised on 2 September, but is still waiting for a vote by UNC shareholders on whether to join the engine maintenance giant. That vote is expected this month. Source: Flight International
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FADEC is replaced on Eurofighter engine
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Initial production-standard Eurojet EJ200 engines installed on the Italian DA3 Eurofighter EF2000 prototype have been fitted with a new full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) system after the original unit was found to be overweight and unreliable. The engines are undergoing ground runs in Turin before ...
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New ICAO protocol tackles cross-border leasing 'nightmare'
David Learmount/London An international "regulatory nightmare" has been resolved by a new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) protocol on cross-border aircraft leasing. The protocol, Article 83 bis, clears the state of the aircraft's registration to agree transfer of the responsibility for the aircraft's safety oversight to ...
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STAe thinks again on AE31X
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) is having second thoughts about participating in the planned joint Sino-European AE31X aircraft programme because of financial and workshare uncertainties. According to industry sources, STAe has in recent weeks voiced reservations to partners Airbus Industries Asia (AIA) and Aviation Industries ...
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Vietnam Airlines Tu-134 crashes on bad-weather approach at Phnom Penh
David Learmount/London Vietnam Airlines suffered its fourth serious accident since 1990, when a Tupolev Tu-134B crashed on 3 September during a daylight final approach in stormy weather to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport in Cambodia, killing all but two of the 66 people on board. Although the ...
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Lufthansa
Dieter Heinen has been named senior vice-president for Northern and Eastern Europe at the Lufthansa Passenger Airline business unit, based in London, UK. He was previously senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Claus Tilgner has become managing director of Lufthansa Shannon Turbine Technologies, the Irish subsidiary of ...
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New Swiss centre
Signature Flight Support and Zimex Aviation officially inaugurated their joint business-aviation centre and flight-support operation at Zurich Airport, Switzerland on 22 August. The centre, which includes a 2,415m2 (26,000ft2) maintenance hangar, is intended to offer support for every type of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Atlantic investors plan fixed-based expansion
USAVIATION-SERVICE company Atlantic Aviation has agreed to be acquired by the Legg Mason investment fund in a move designed to provide the backing for ambitious expansion plans. The company, which employs about 500 people at five US fixed-base operations (FBOs) and a business-aircraft maintenance and modification base at ...