AAR Corp. is carrying out mods on six Allegiant Air MD-80s at its Will Rogers World Airport facility in Oklahoma City. Work on the first aircraft began in October.
Delta G. Design , issued STC to install an EMS Technologies SATCOM AMT-3800 High Gain Antenna and DLNA on Boeing 757-200 series aircraft, STC ST10920SC
AAR Corp. elected Donald J. Wetekam an officer of the company. Wetekam is group VP of AAR’s maintenance, repair and overhaul segment and oversees its domestics and international MRO business.
Airbus Americas added Tom Anderson , recently of Virgin America, as SVP, Airbus North America Customer Services. He will report to Airbus Americas President and CEO Barry Eccleston and succeeds Francois Mourareau, who is retiring after nearly 40 years with Airbus.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Customer Services and Support opened a regional support office at Garching , near Munich. The facility is Bombardier’s first customer support office in Europe.
Gulfstream Aerospace won a firm fixed price contract modification for around $10 million to provide continued fleet maintenance support for nine Gulfstream aircraft owned by the Egyptian government.◗
Royal Jordanian Airlines will implement TRAX Maintenance’s EVO application, a suite of software that manages technical records, materials management and production. TRAX says the Amman-based airline is the second Middle Eastern carrier to pick its software this year.
The Helicopter Association International named its 2009 “Salute to Excellence” award winners . HAI’s Aviation Maintenance Technician Award was given to David Vogel, senior technical representative for American Eurocopter in Grand Prairie, Texas. Its Aviation Repair Specialist Award was given to Jeffery L. Peabody, a maintenance technician with Air Logistics of Alaska, in Fairbanks.
O&M: Bedek opened new hangars in July. Are they primarily for passenger to freighter conversions, or do you plan to do heavy airframe work there, as well?
Iberia Maintenance refitted its maintenance hangars for painting new and overhauled aircraft for Iberia and other carriers. The first aircraft inducted into the 2,900-sq.-meter space was a Saudi Arabian Airlines 757-200, followed by a Ural Airlines Airbus A320.
Page AvJet Corp. , surrendered STCs to install a Sperry PRIMUS800 x band color radar system and dual Sperry ADZ800 air data computer system with VN 801 vertical navigation system on Boeing 727-100 series aircraft, STCs SA1655SO and SA1658SO
ICG received FAA approval for its in-house repair station, which will allow it to repair parts covered by its Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) authorization at its Newport News, Va., facility.
Learjet , to install the Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1B Plus flight management system software upgrade and Rockwell Collins DME-42 system upgrade on Learjet 35A (C-21A) aircraft, STCs ST00018MC-D and ST00017MC-D
STOL Aviation , reissued STC to modify the powerplant installation, fuselage (other than weld assembly), wing flaps and tail wheel installation to conform to the designs of the corresponding installations, assemblies and components of the Model S-1B2 airplane (Army L-6 XL-6), STC SA622AL
Airbus announced two agreements with members of its MRO network to provide aftermarket services for aircraft leased to Singapore Airlines. A deal inked Sept. 23 with ST Aerospace subsidiary ST Aviation Services Co. Pte Ltd. (SASCO) covers heavy maintenance checks for the 19 A330 aircraft leased to Singapore Airlines. The work is expected to begin in 2015, and should be conducted over 18 months, according to ST Aerospace. SR Technics will manage and repair some 350 components for the 19 A330s.
Bombardier added the Learjet 85 to its Smart Parts program, which will be available to support the all-composite aircraft once it enters service. The base program provides cost-per-flight-hour support for airframe system component and avionics support, and it can be upgraded to include engine support and/or comprehensive maintenance coverage.
ASD/ENSA , surrendered STC to install mounting brackets for VOR antenna and APX-78 radar beacon located in the vertical tail tip of Boeing 747 and 747-200B series aircraft, STC SA697GL
Pratt & Whitney Canada opened a new parts distribution center in Sydney, to serve customers in Australia and New Zealand. Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions also operates centers in Singapore and Amsterdam. The OEM further signed a letter of intent with ITR-Turborreactores, S.A. de CV, to establish the Querétaro, Mexico, MRO provider as a designated service provider center of excellence for Pratt & Whitney JT8D component repair.
Learjet , amended STC to install a Honeywell TCAS II on Bombardier CL-600-2A12 (CL-601), 600-2B16 (CL-601-3A), CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3R) and CL-600-2B16 (CL-604) aircraft, STC SA8054NM-D
Western Skyways , reissued STC to install Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-VB engines in place of existing Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-EB engines on Cessna 401B, 402B, 402A and 401A helicopters, STC SA09007SC
I am pretty cynical when it comes to airline mergers. I quickly lose patience with all the “wave of consolidation” talk that sweeps through the industry every few years. If all the mergers happened that the “experts” predicted would happen over the past two decades, there’d be maybe a half dozen airlines left in the world.
AeroLogic chose Boeing’s web-based Maintenance Performance Toolbox and Airplane Health Management to support its 777F maintenance documentation. The carrier, a 50/50 joint venture of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, will use AHM to monitor its Boeing 777 freighters. The product is designed to be a real-time fault management tool to identify maintenance needs and communicate with ground teams.
