Industry events are a prime opportunity hear what is on our customers’ minds. And after three days at EBACE, it’s clear that the big topic is connectivity.
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Already one of the most successful commercial jet-engine programmes ever, before it has even entered service, the CFM International LEAP programme incorporates several new materials and production technologies which represent important ‘firsts’ for the civil aero engine industry.
Beckwood Press Co. will supply Ducommun’s Parsons, Kansas, facility with two new highly customized presses for hot-forming titanium, one with closed-loop monitoring.
Visual Mobile Technologies (VMT) offers a collaboration platform, the vMobile Collaborator, that could be extremely useful when widely dispersed mechanics and engineers need to cooperate in fixing an aircraft in a hurry or just work on a common challenge.
Empire Airlines has initiated an extensive electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) modernization project for its ATR freighters. Under its EFIS Screen Replacement Program, the cargo carrier plans to install a current-generation display suite on its entire ATR fleet, consisting of 11 ATR 42-300 and -320s and seven ATR 72-212s.
StandardAero has initiated engine test cell modifications and technician training at its Augusta, Georgia facility in preparation for the first heavy maintenance visits of the Honeywell HTF7000.
American Airlines' fleet transformation the past decade was largely impacted by the announced merger with US Airways in 2013. According to Aviation Week's Fleet Discovery Database, over the past 10 years the airline has increased its fleet size by 40%.
Francisco Sanchez Arrieta, VP of technical strategic sourcing and supplier management for Latam Airlines Group, would like to see a more integrated approach to working with airline suppliers.
Daniel Cohen, director of maintenance for Copa Airlines, speaks at the 2016 CCMA & Aircraft MRO Conference about where current suppliers are successful, and where improvements could be made.
Walter Ching, director of operations for Coopesa, speaks about customs as a challenge in Latin America's supply chain at the 2016 CCMA & Aircraft MRO Conference.
Turboshaft engine manufacturers are moving toward high-performance-capable/high-thermal-stability lubricating oils, spurred by the intense demands of many helicopter missions.
Benefits: Impact damage on GE90 high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades out of the current repairable region can now be repaired, resulting in an overall yield improvement.
Hawaiian Airlines is asking the Transportation Department (DOT) to grant it a new nighttime slot award for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, on the grounds that other U.S. carriers seeking slots have not asked for the sole nighttime allocation.
The Cam-Tech Manufacturing division of PCX Aerostructures has acquired and is now using a T1 Makino five-axis machining center for making large aerostructures from very hard-to-cut metals. The acquisition of the leading-edge machine was done for competitive reasons, according to Cam-Tech Sales and Marketing Vice President Trevor Hartman.
Ramco Aviation has introduced a suite of Anywhere Apps that tie together pilots, mechanics, stock clerks and runners who carry parts to aircraft, managers who approve part orders and MRO customers.
U.K.-based Intoware has developed a speech-recognition software called WorkfloPlus that guides techs through performance and reporting of aircraft maintenance tasks in a hand-free manner.
