Dutch manufacturer Stork is to pay DFl302.5 million ($182 million) to take over Fokker Aviation, the solvent maintenance and support arm of Fokker.
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing about developing the Trent 900 engine for the stretched B747.
Pratt & Whitney's PW4090 engine has received US certification. Service entry on increased gross weight B777s is planned for March 1997.
Source: Airline Business
Shortages of cast metallic parts and other components continue hindering Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) ability to produce new engines and to ramp up maintenance work needed to address its recall of PW1000G geared turbofans.
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) expects demand for MRO services to remain strong, although supply chain challenges have extended the time of some aircraft checks.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is considering launching a conversion programme for the Boeing 787 as it weighs up future projects. Speaking to FlightGlobal sister publication Air Cargo News at the Farnborough International Airshow, IAI executive vice president and general manager, aviation group, Shmuel Kuzi explained that the business is always ...
