AAR won a 10-year, cost-per-flight-hour contract from Alaska Airlines to provide component repair and management services for its fleet of 87 Boeing 737-700, 800 and 900 aircraft. AAR's aviation supply chain group will manage the program for high-removal, high-value components.

With bankruptcies, rising operating costs and changing operational conditions, regional airlines are under tremendous pressure to control their costs.

Tect Aerospace hired Tom Winkelmann as VP and general manager of its Pacific Northwest operations in greater Seattle. Airframes

In the 2004 animated hit film “The Incredibles,” an early scene finds a mom telling her son Daschle, “Everyone is special, Dash.” “Yeah,” replies the frustrated boy, “which means no one is.”

Component Control says that Ametek Aerospace & Defense's MRO division is rolling out the Quantum Control IT offering for maintenance and logistics to support its Antavia business in France. This will be the fifth Ametek MRO facility to implement the system. Rapco, a provider of PMA parts and repair services, is using Quantum Control to manage manufacturing and MRO for itself and its sister company, Rapco Fleet Support.

Lufthansa Technik and Airbus SAS signed a total component support contract to extend their cooperation for the Airbus Beluga fleet, which consists of five A300-600ST aircraft. The first contract for component supply was signed in 1995, and the new agreement is valid until 2025. Lufthansa Technik signed another total support contract with Global Aviation Holdings for up to nine MD-11 aircraft operated by its subsidiary World Airways, for five Boeing 767-300ER aircraft; and for five Boeing 767-300ER aircraft for another subsidiary, North American Airlines.

AFI KLM E&M signed a support contract with Monarch Airlines covering component pool access, repairs and the lease of a spares stock in the U.K. for the carrier's fleet of Airbus A330s. This is the second renewal of an existing contract that started in 1998.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has made several management changes. Robert Tavares now serves as president of Crane's electronics group, David Bender is president of Crane's aerospace group and Chris Cook is now VP cabin systems solutions.