Air Canada will consider an international MRO provider as a permanent replacement for Aveos Fleet Performance but in an attempt to appease domestic opposition to such a move, the carrier says that it will prefer those providers who “have or will establish some portion of their operation in Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto.” The airline, which has rebutted charges from Aveos that the carrier caused the MRO's bankruptcy, also notes a recent legal opinion issued by the Canadian government that Air Canada meets the requirements demanding minimum levels of MRO work sta
Flybe Aviation Services will use Amos software from Swiss-AS to manage its maintenance, engineering and logistics. The software implementation should take 12-15 months.
Rolls-Royce opened a supply chain office on April 24 in the city of Guaymas, within the northwest Mexican state of Sonora. The office will employ six people.
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.
AAR received an FAA STC to perform an oxygen system retrofit on a Boeing 747-400 aircraft. A third-party maintenance and modification center in Asia conducted the oxygen system retrofit with support from AAR Engineering Services teams based in Indianapolis and Singapore.
For years, Pratt & Whitney Automation has been using its patented waterjet technology to remove coatings for commercial, military and space customers. Now, it has perfected that process to remove many more types of coatings, including high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) coatings. Pratt & Whitney refers to this alternative waterjet technology as Pure Pulse, as it uses ultrasonically pulsed water to remove the coatings rather than harsh chemicals.
Consider these two real situations: • Two technicians were discussing last night's hockey game while a third wrestled to maneuver a piece of heavy equipment. Although within 10 ft. of each other, the talking pair never volunteered to help and the technician handling the load never asked for it. • When a large MRO switched its safety reporting initiative from a phone-based system to an Internet-based system, input from technicians skyrocketed from six calls in eight years to more than 800 reports in the first year alone.
Timco Aviation Services named Pete Laszcz as general manager of its Greensboro, N.C., airframe operations. He replaces Mike Anderson, who left the company. Laszcz most recently was a managing director at American Airlines' MRO division.
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.
Universal Avionics appointed Robert Randall to OEM sales manager. Randall began his career with Universal Avionics in 2008 as Midwest regional sales manager. Airframes
Hamilton Sundstrand and AFI KLM E&M signed a long term repair license agreement for MRO services on Hamilton Sundstrand components for the Boeing 787, which include bleed systems and liquid cooling systems.
MTU Maintenance Hannover extended an existing engine contract with JetBlue Airways to include MRO for all of the operator's V2533 engines. The amended contract will run until 2020 with a five year renewal option. Avionics/IFE
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
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Increased focus on human factors is making ramps safer and hangars less hazardous. That focus appears to translate into fewer workplace accidents, and fewer lost workdays.
Lufthansa Technik extended its contract with Germanwings for the Cyclean engine wash system, which will cover the IAE V2500 and CFM International CFM56-5B engines on the operator's fleet of 31 Airbus A319 aircraft and any additional aircraft it adds in the next two years.
Air Corsica selected AFI KLM E&M to complete phase out and C checks on its two Airbus A319s as the carrier prepares to return them to a lessor and replace them with two A320s. The C checks were carried out at AFI KLM E&M's Toulouse-Blagnac facility. AFI KLM E&M also gained several modification projects for Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft from the International Lease Finance Corp., including cabin, avionics and material management services. AFI KLM E&M and ILFC work together under a general terms agreement on modification, engineering and engine overhauls.
Southeast Aerospace obtained an FAA STC for the installation of the Goodrich 8400 M1 cockpit door surveillance system for the Boeing 737-300/-400/-500, the 747-400 and 777-200/-300 aircraft.
