Jet Midwest Technik has entered into an agreement with SkyWest Airlines to perform premium paint services for the airline's Bombardier CRJ-200 fleet, operated on behalf of United Express.
Precision Conversions has announced the continuation of the 757-200PCC Combi program. The 1994 Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 757-200 has been inducted at Flightstar Aircraft Services' facility in Jacksonville, Fla., as part of a deal for two aircraft with the option of up to four from Cargo Aircraft Management.
Jet Midwest appointed Tom Corum to VP of business development for Jet Midwest Technik. He comes to the company after three years in the financial services and business brokerage industry. He has spent more than 30 years in the aviation industry.
Aviation Partners Boeing has appointed Bill Ashworth as its new president. His senior management team will include: Mike Stowell, acting president, executive VP and CTO of APB; Dean Poor, VP operations and Patrick LaMoria, VP sales.
While fuel burn grabs the big headlines in the battle for market share between the mid-thrust engine makers, it is more often maintenance cost which becomes the real acid test when it comes to decision time.
Garuda Indonesia selected a 15-yr. rate per flight hour support package for its fleet of CFM56-7B engines, which power 63 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The $500 million contract with CFM includes GMF Aero Asia, the carrier's maintenance company, jointly developing overhaul capability for the engine with CFM.
Green, lean, flexible. These are the trends propelling the ground support equipment market into the second decade of the new millennium. Impelled by environmental regulation, and motivated by the nonstop need to cut costs, the industry is developing evolutionary products that will alter what we see scurrying about the ramp in coming years. GSE manufacturer JBT AeroTech and a host of other players are moving ahead with initiatives designed to render ground support gear more environmentally friendly.
Quiet Wing manufactured the first commercial winglets for an aircraft in 1993, and it continues to produce winglets for the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737-300/-400/-500 series aircraft. Quiet Wing works with MROs such as Kelowna Flightcraft and Commercial Jet to provide parts and support to install the winglets, and the company continues to see a strong demand for the Boeing 727 winglets for VIP aircraft. As these aircraft become older, Quiet Wing realizes that the demand for winglets for the legacy Boeings will decrease with time.
Bombardier Customer Services' MRO facilities in Belfast and Dallas have been accredited with the AS9100 Revision A quality standard. The latest revision is process driven and focuses on risk assessment and mitigation. Registrants complete a two-stage audit process and the Belfast and Dallas MRO facilities have completed the first stage of audits with no non-compliance issues.
Turkish Technic has signed a landing gear maintenance services agreement for five Airbus A320 family aircraft with IzAir. The work, which includes landing gear removal and installation as well as overhaul activities, will be carried out at Turkish Technic's Istanbul facility. It plans to complete the overhaul of five sets of landing gear in June 2013. IT
Forrest Gump once quipped “Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get.” The same can be said for the business of repairing aircraft on ground, or AOG. When the phone rings, AOG professionals never know what kind of repair they're going to get or where they're going to go—or whether customs will even let them into the country.
Goodrich will overhaul and support the 16 passenger evacuation slides on Emirates' Airbus A380 fleet through a 10-yr. agreement. Goodrich will conduct the maintenance at its Dubai facility.
Sherwin-Williams has added several executives to its management team: Karen O'Hara will fill the position of global aerospace sales manager, Christopher Cook will become global aerospace business development manager and Anthony Azarve has become an account executive for aerospace coatings sales in the U.S.
Correction: November's Biznet incorrectly stated that Component Control's Web store is located at aeroinv.com. Aeroinv.com, an aftermarket supplier of aircraft parts, launched its online commerce store for aftermarket parts and services and selected Component Control's ERP system for the technology backbone. Joint Ventures/Acquisitions
GE has collaborated with Michigan State University's College of Engineering to train the next generation of engineers. GE is one of the first corporate sponsors in the university's engineering theme partnership program, which will provide engineering undergraduate students with the opportunity to learn about transportation and issues related to clean technology. The partnership supports lab enhancements, student design competitions, mentorship and tutoring programs and activities like field trips to GE facilities.
Volant Aerospace reissued STC to modify aircraft main cabin by installing a standard passenger interior configuration on Boeing DC -9-82 (MD-82), DC-9-83 (MD-83) and MD-88 aircraft, STC ST03005CH
Timco Aerosystems opened its new 120,000 sq. ft. aircraft interiors manufacturing facility in Wallburg, N.C. in November. The facility will add capacity to Timco's manufacturing operations in Pacoima, Calif., including assembly of its FeatherWeight seats. Training
Harmonization of aviation regulations bring increased efficiency for the industry as a whole. It also means increased scrutiny from foreign governments. Case in point: The European Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) prominent place in a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on composite airplane safety, released to the public just days before All Nippon Airways put the Boeing 787 into service.
AAR Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products from Teleflex, Inc. The transaction is expected to generate $225 million of revenue in fiscal 2013. The acquisition will enhance AAR's ability to capitalize on commercial aircraft build cycles as a tier-one supplier to Airbus and Boeing. Telair designs, manufactures and supports cargo loading systems for widebody and narrowbody aircraft. Nordisk designs and manufacturers heavy-duty pallets and lightweight cargo containers for commercial airlines.
Scandinavian Airlines System has entered into an agreement with Sunrise Asset Management to sell 13 MD82/83/87 aircraft and an additional 12 spare engines. The order is valued at about $20 million and delivery of the aircraft and engines is ongoing and will be completed in Feb. 2013. SAS is phasing out its MD-80 fleet and replacing them with Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320s.
Bombardier announced at MRO Asia that it has extended its repair capability for the Trent 700 inlet cowl to Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO), which will join Belfast and Dallas MRO facilities in offering the repair. The work will take place at HAECO's component and avionics overhaul center in Tseung Kwan O, near Hong Kong International Airport. Bombardier is the OEM of the Trent 700 inlet cowl.
