MRO News-Oct. 31, 2014

Aircraft maintenance will be healthy but continue to shift in the coming year. Volume should be up moderately and pricing relatively stable in 2015. Higher Asian prices should push some widebodies back to the US and flight-hour support will continue to grow, from OEMs, major MROs, traders and OEM-shop partnerships.

Briefs from the Oct. 29, 2014 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

AJW Aviation and China Aviation Supplies Corp. (CASC) have signed a six-year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ Airbus A320s.

Chinese cargo carrier SF Airlines has ordered an undisclosed number of Boeing 767-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversions.

Baltic Ground Services, the international ground handling and aircraft fueling provider, has announced the extension of its ground handling agreement with Wizz Air.

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy is equipping its training fleet of Cessna 172 Skyhawk piston aircraft with the latest 155hp turbodiesel aero-engines from Continental Motors.

The newly established Algerian flight academy -Aviation Training School (ATS) – part of the Red Med Group, located in Hassi Messaoud (Algeria), has launched its business with a DA40 NG from Diamond Aircraft with option for further expansion in 2015.