Honeywell will provide repair and overhaul services on its GTCP 331-500 series Auxiliary Power Units for up to 77 of Singapore Airlines' Boeing 777s for 10 years. The airline operates 58 of these aircraft and will progressively take delivery of more over the years. Honeywell will provide MRO services at its location in Singapore.
Continental Airline's Orlando facility recently finished installing Aviation Partners' winglets on a second non-winglet-provisioned 737-700. The facility will install winglets on 36 -700s, each of which takes about 1,000 hours. The facility already has completed all 34 existing winglet-provisioned 737-800s and plans to start installing winglets on 49 non-provisioned 737-800s, each of which will consume about 1,500 man-hours. The -800s that were provisioned for winglets each took about 500 man-hours.
Bell Helicopter Textron received a Naval Air Systems Command $104.2 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for FY2005 low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot II procurement of three AH-1Z Super Cobras and four UH-1Y Hueys under the U.S. Navy's H-1 upgrade program. Work on these aircraft began immediately at Fort Worth and the new Bell plant in Amarillo, Texas, for completion in December 2007. The first LRIP batch of six UH-1Y and three AH-1Z aircraft, which have about 84% commonality, already is in production at Amarillo.
Abaqus announced a new capability called Virtual Crack Closure Technique, a technology that Boeing developed for predicting fracture and failure in laminated composite materials. Abaqus modified it slightly so it integrates with its Abaqus software.
Goodrich's Aviation Technical Services' received an FAA Diamond Award for the sixth consecutive year. Goodrich's Alabama Service Center, which maintains components, nacelles and thrust reversers, should receive the Diamond Award for the fifth year in a row in September.
GE Honda Aero Engines finished component and engine core tests to validate several performance enhancements to the HF118 turbofan engine. The engine, which should provide 1,000 to 3,500 pounds of thrust, now features 8% less weight and provides 4% better fuel consumption. Time between overhaul is targeted at 5,000 hours. The joint venture hopes to certify the engine, which initially will produce 1,700 pounds of thrust, in 2008. No one has ordered the turbofan yet, but a company spokeswoman said, "We continue to talk to potential customers and airframers."
Welcome to our seventh annual O&M Guide to MRO Companies Worldwide. Our Guide features listings for companies that perform airframe work, engine overhaul, avionics repair, landing gear overhaul, work on other major systems and components, and completions and interior refurbishments. Within each of these six categories, the listings appear geographically and within each region, alphabetically.
Precision Conversions received a supplemental type certificate for its 757-200PCF freighter on June 3. The certification enables a passenger-to-freighter conversion with 15 full pallet positions. (see O&M, May, p. 38)
AAC-American Aerospace Corp. 1301 Saratoga St., De Land, FL 32724 Phone: 386-785-0747; Fax: 386-785-0767 Equipment/Structures Serviced: Lighting; passenger service units Regulatory Approvals: FAA YOAR178X; JAA.4147 AAR Aircraft Services-Indianapolis Maintenance Center 2825 W. Perimeter Road, Indianapolis, IN 46241 Phone: 317-227-5030; Fax: 317-227-5104 AAR Aircraft Services-Oklahoma Will Rogers World Airport, 6611 S. Meridian Rd., Oklahoma City, OK 73159-1104
Alitalia selected Rockwell Collins to provide datalink communications for Alitalia's fleet of Boeing 767, MD-11, MD-82, A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. Alitalia Servizi, a new subsidiary of Alitalia, will supervise and carry out the modification of up to 139 aircraft operated by Alitalia. Alitalia Servizi, which handles the airline's support services as of May 1, comprises four areas: engineering and maintenance, airport services, centralized services, and IT and telecommunications services.
Alaska Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association jointly announced a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract for the airline's 700 aircraft technicians on June 16. Terms of the agreement were withheld pending a ratification vote by union members that is expected to begin by June 30.
NetJets hired Tom Mealie as vice president of fleet base maintenance. He most recently was director of quality at Omni Air International. NetJets also named David Bauman vice president of line and recovery maintenance. He previously was vice president of Aerospace Products International.
Jet-Care and Spectro extended their Total Healthcare Program for Honeywell TFE731 engines also to include the PW100, PW300 and PW500 series engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada, as well as Williams International's FJ44s.
Rockwell Collins received an STC for installation of its Tailwind 550 satellite television system on Boeing 767-200, -300 and -400 aircraft. Jet Aviation Basel performed the first installation, which allows a 767 aircraft to receive direct broadcast satellite TV channels.
National Business Aviation Association created the Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship for maintenance personnel. The program, called Maintenance TRACS, will offer technician training courses for several aircraft models to at least one applicant annually. Applicants must hold A&P certificates or be in the process of getting one. Application forms are due by Jan. 15, 2006 and can be emailed to [email protected].
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M7 Aerospace delivered the 20th ATR-42 regional aircraft converted from passenger to freighter configuration in June. M7 is developing a supplemental type certificate to convert ATR-72s to freighter conversion and hopes to receive FAA approval soon.
Bombardier Aerospace boosted service capacity by adding a second shift at its Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services facility in Berlin, plans to establish a line repair station in Russia, plans to open a new service center and spare parts depot in Dubai this summer, and open an authorized service center and line repair station in India and on the U.S. West Coast within the next year.
Formal acceptance took place by Boeing on April 18 of the first F-15K multi-role fighter wing and forward fuselage made by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) at its Sachon factory. Boeing selected KAI to produce components for 32 of the 40 Republic of Korea air force (RoKAF) F-15Ks, from an overall $3.6 billion 2002 contract. Once completed, the wings and forward fuselages are sent to St Louis, where the F-15Ks undergo final assembly.
Officials at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center are rolling out a program that will give the facility's 13,000 employees some extra horsepower to address potential safety issues. The horsepower comes from three wallet-sized printed cards -- one red, one yellow and one green -- that employees and supervisors can "play" and officials have to obey. Among other things, Warner Robins, part of the Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, performs technical orders and maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the F-15, C-130 and C-5 aircraft.
