More than 250 aircraft have been painted with Mankiewicz Coatings' basecoat/clearcoat system, which is OEM-approved Airbus, ATR and BAe and undergoing the certification process for Bombardier, SAAB and Embrear models. The system also is approved by Boeing for all aircraft coming in for maintenance and overhauls. The dry-to-tape time for the basecoat/clearcoat product is two hours, which reduces painting time on most liveries by one to two days when compared with high solids technology. www.mankiewicz.com
EADS has for the second time this year dipped into its cash pool to make a services-oriented acquisition for one of its operating units, with a $504 million deal to acquire Satair to bolster Airbus's service offering. The move—along with acquisition of Vector Aerospace for Eurocopter—is part of EADS's wider strategy to boost service revenue across the company. The deal is expected to close in the fall.
Turkish Technic completed 1,007,721 base maintenance man-hours and 452,526 component maintenance man-hours in 2010. This gave it a 87% utilization for base maintenance and 80% utilization for component maintenance last year. Of its $480 million in revenue, $95 million of that came from line maintenance services in 2010. The MRO expects most growth to stem from aircraft heavy maintenance; component pool services; aircraft and cabin reconfiguration and modifications; and parts repair, design and manufacture, says Dr. Ismail Demir, Turkish Technic's general manager.
Avio-Diepen and plastics manufacturer Boltaron have signed distribution agreement to support airline and OEM customers with PVC and polycarbonate plastic sheets. The sheets will be available in various colors, textures, thicknesses and fire ratings.
A life raft or oxygen tank is usually stowed away out of passengers' sight, but the flying public has a knack for finding these items and keeping them as souvenirs. While the cost of these devices is low, their removal is problematic for the airline in that the aircraft may no longer comply with FAA safety regulations, which require aircraft to have enough flotation devices on board for all passengers. If these devices or other safety equipment is missing, the airline risks a fine or could be prevented from taking off.
Locatory, owned by Avia Solutions Group, specializes in the Eastern European, African, Middle Eastern and Asian emerging markets. It provides access to Russian aircraft parts in addition to those of Western aircraft. The platform is offered in seven languages and enables paid subscribers to upload unlimited data on parts and MRO services. Companies can upload their profiles to the website and access statistics on the number of RFQs Locatory has received, as well as how many times prospective buyers viewed its parts in a search. www.locatory.com
Wall Colmonoy has added two new management employees to their team. Ed Ridge has been named COO for the Aerobraze Engineered Technologies and Gary Peterson joined the company as operations. Airframes
Source One Aircraft Repair (SOAR) and engineering services provider Tass Inc. have partnered for a renewable three-year cooperative working agreement to offer aircraft on ground field support services. Tass brings capabilities of aircraft recovery, repair, logistics, engineering, planning and touch labor under FAA DER, EASA, CASA CAR 35 and CAANZ Part 146 approvals.
Continuum Applied Technology has announced the release of version 10 of its Corridor Aviation Service Software. It offers more than 200 enhanced features including compliance and work order integration and quoting and an archiving scheduler.
The European Commission's ambitious aviation occurrence data compilation effort is beginning to bear fruit in both the amount of information being collected and the quality of the reports. EASA's recently issued 2010 Annual Safety Review included an update on the program, known as the European Central Repository for occurrences (ECR).
The Innovative Solutions & Support air data module is a self-sensing, RVSM-compliant digital air data computer that replaces the duplex altimeter system on the DC-9. It has an altitude range of 1,000-53,000 ft., an airspeed range of 40 to 400 knots and a barometer setting range of 22.00 to 31.00 in. of mercury. Aeronautical Radio, Inc.'s standard ARINC-429 messages and the air data module show when a fault has occurred, and the test input sets the outputs to predetermined test values.
Are British Airways Engineering and Iberia pursuing any component contracts together, like you did for Thomas Cook Airlines? Are you going after all types of operators that have a joint fleet?
Turkish Technik signed a five-year, total APU support agreement with SunExpress Deutschland for its fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The contract includes spare APU support, repair and overhaul and field service. The maintenance will be done at Turkish Technic's Istanbul maintenance facility. SunExpress Deutschland started operations in June with three Boeing 737-800s and plans to receive three more in 2011.
Pemco World Air Services will convert Boeing 737-400 passenger aircraft into a combi configuration for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Pemco finished the first configuration at its Dothan, Ala. facility in May and expects it to enter service this fall. The aircraft accommodates two flight crew members, 66 passengers and 4.5 pallets of freight with a range of more than 3,000 miles. The National Nuclear Security Administration will operate the aircraft.
Jamco America, issued and amended STCs to reconfigure interiors on Boeing Model 747-400 and 777-300 series aircraft, STCs ST02106SE-D, ST01880SE-D and ST01700SE-D
