Striving For Modernized Aircraft Offerings
October 07, 2020
New Part 21 Provider
Company: ALL4JETS
Specifications: Originally launched in 2013 as a Part 147 maintenance training organization, ALL4JETS now holds Part M certification as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) and Part 21 Design Organization Approval (DOA). In partnership with Polish MRO WZL 2, it provides “One-Stop-Shop” services and specializes in training, engineering and maintenance support services for airlines, lessors and MROs.
Cabin Design Expertise
Company: Factorydesign
Specifications: UK-based Factorydesign specializes in all aspects of cabin interior design for airlines and component manufacturers, such as seats, lavatories and cabin features. It has designed interior features for airlines such as Delta, Etihad and Virgin Atlantic and places a special focus on exploring new materials and manufacturing techniques to facilitate cabin maintenance.
Full Package Interiors Approach
Company: ABC International
Specifications: ABC International provides custom engineering, design and certification services focusing on cabin interiors, including carpets, seat covers, curtains, interior monuments and cabin branding elements. It holds European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) DOA Part 21 J approval for cabin interior modifications and external schemes, placards and markings for aircraft, and it offers a “full package approach” that includes design, certification and kit manufacturing, and installation.
Diverse Airframe Consulting
Company: Atkins
Specifications: As a global design, engineering and product management consultancy, Atkins has been working with aviation customers for more than 50 years to provide expertise across project life cycles. Through its DOA from EASA, Atkins is able to work on structural modifications and repairs for aircraft and unmanned air systems. It has provided services as an engineering consultant both to OEMs on major aircraft programs as well as small startups working in areas such as electric propulsion and urban air mobility.
Innovating Aircraft for the Future
Company: AKKA
Specifications: Engineering and technology consulting group AKKA works as an innovation accelerator for its clients, supporting aerospace companies throughout the life cycle of their products with technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and big data in areas such as aerodynamics, propulsion and performance. It has a dedicated aeronautic center of competency that has successfully provided more than 1,000 EASA and FAA-approved cabin modifications, and earlier this year it began a collaboration with Avianor to certify passenger-to-freighter conversions.
Assisting Regulatory Approvals
Company: Aero Design Services
Specifications: Based in St. Petersburg and Melbourne, Florida, Aero Design Services provides design, tooling, integration, manufacturing, validation and certification services to customers including airlines, MROs and leasing companies. It specializes in FAA Designated Engineering Representative approval of interiors, for projects ranging from executive aircraft components to entire interior installations on commercial aircraft, including flammability, structures, mechanical systems, and static and dynamic seat certification and installation.
Specialized design, engineering and modifications providers are growing their offerings for aircraft cabins and structures.
Take a look at the full article in Inside MRO by Lindsay Bjerregaard - Design Organizations Strive For Modernized Aircraft Offerings