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BAE Systems Regional Aircraft made a variety of MRO services announcements at the Airline Purchasing & Maintenance Expo. Two airlines—Airlink of South Africa and Aerovias of Chile—signed up for BAE's Parts Plus spares service, which is aimed at new operators of the BAe 146/Avro RJ aircraft. Titan Airways, a VIP charter specialist based in London, extended its four-year JetSpares support contract for two more years for its three BAe 146/Avro RJs. BAE also will offer a life extension program for the Jetstream 32.

Swiss Aviation Consulting added Munir Al-Dzhidi to the group as manager, Middle East operations for the group's company Swicamo Middle East Aviation Services.

SR Technics and ADAT extended their partnership to offer 24/7 component loan, exchange and sales services. It will open a warehouse in Florida later this year to support its component pools in Zurich, London, Singapore, Melbourne and Abu Dhabi. TRAINING

Next-gen aircraft have airlines thinking about new strategies for inventory availability.

Wrecked a year ago, Jamco's Sendai maintenance facility is nearing full recovery.

ST Aerospace secured $540 million in new contracts in Q1 2012 and redelivered 90 aircraft after modification work between January and March 2012.

Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways' unions representing aircraft mechanics reached a tentative seniority integration agreement. Southwest hopes to announce the results from the voting on June 21, according to an industry source. AMFA represents 1,600 mechanics at Southwest and the IBT represents about 400 at AirTran.