Pratt & Whitney Canada inked an 11-year fleet management program deal with JetSuite, a private jet charter company. P&WC will maintain its charter fleet of PW617F-powered Embraer Phenom 100 aircraft, including scheduled and unscheduled engine maintenance and engine trend condition monitoring.
CORENA Holding named Toralf Johannessen CEO , filling the position after co-founder Steen Hansen decided to step down after almost 30 years in the post. Johannessen formerly was CEO of CORENA Norge.
The U.S. Air Force is modifying a firm fixed price contract with McDonnell Douglas for $11.8 million. The T-38C Data and Video Transfer System, which improves the audio and video recording capability of the T-38C aircraft by replacing the current video tape recorder and data transfer system with a more modern, robust design that combines all data transfer functions into a single recording device, alleviates impending obsolescence issues, improves resistance to damage and enhances operations.
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.
Hawaiian Airlines hired Dennis Manibusan as VP of maintenance and engineering. Manibusan will report to Charles Nardello, SVP operations. Manibusan fills the position left open when Nardello was promoted. Manibusan most recently was SVP maintenance and engineering for ABX Air.
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
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
Pratt & Whitney named Todd Kallman president of its newly formed Commercial Engines & Global Services organization, which encompasses former Commercial Engines, Global Service Partners and Global Material Solutions. Kallman has headed P&W’s commercial engines business since 2006. Matthew Bromberg, former VP and GM of Global Material Solutions, now is VP, product line management for Commercial Engines.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Sept. 9 of a possible foreign military sale to Finland of an F-18C/D Mid-Life Upgrade Program, plus associated equipment and services. Total value, with all options, could reach $406 million.
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
Goodrich and SilkAir signed a long-term flight hour agreement to cover engine nacelle maintenance for the Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier’s Airbus A320s. The 12-year deal provides for the Goodrich nacelles to be repaired at Goodrich Aerostructures Service Center–Asia (GASCA) in Singapore.
An October safety audit found four Indonesian airlines failed to meet minimum safety standards, while four carriers who previously had had their AOCs suspended met the standards and resumed operations. Carriers that failed to meet the audit’s standards are Pura Wisata Baruna, Sampoerna Nusantara, Dabi Air Nusantara and Atlas Deltasatya. They have three months to bring their operations into compliance.
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
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.
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.
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.
Nomad Aviation picked Inmedius’ S1000D publishing suite management, authoring and publishing modules to manage its technical content and support its S1000D and ATA iSPEC 2200 projects. Contracts
P.G. MacKay, Canada's minister for National Defense and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, announced a new overland surveillance capability for the Canadian Forces (CF) maritime patrol Lockheed Martin CP-140/A P-3 Aurora aircraft. Valued at approximately $20 million, the project will deliver the mission systems required to improve the Aurora’s ability to conduct primarily domestic sovereignty and security missions.
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
Jetcraft Avionics installed the first Elbit-Kollsman EVS II for an aftermarket application on a Bombardier Challenger 604. The company expects to receive FAA certification for the installation, which aims to improve situational awareness and make flights safer, by the end of the year.
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.
