Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners signed an exclusive, five-year engine management program agreement with Air Memphis for its IAE V2500 engines. The contract includes Pratt & Whitney analysis of engine health via its Web-based Advanced Diagnostics & Engine Management tools.
Midcoast Aviation promoted Julie Timmons to manager, MRO modifications sales. Timmons most recently was customer account manager for green completions.
Painting an aircraft is a huge undertaking that requires a lot of patience. Between long lead times for last-minute projects and waiting for the many layers of paint that make up a new livery to dry, aircraft can be out of service for days while undergoing makeovers. But in the past few months, many paintings and coatings OEMs have introduced bold paint and coatings systems that reduce material costs and drying times in a big way.
Leki Aviation now exclusively markets and sells Thompson Group surplus materials for Boeing 767, 757, 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft, including components, consumables and interiors, per a July consignment agreement.
A host of hangars will spring up around the globe in the next few years, many of which will feature environmentally friendly features such as solar panels in sunny climates or strategically situated windows with glazing to allow natural light in without heat gain or loss.
Air Works India Engineering Pvt. Ltd. signed an agreement with Denmark’s Scandinavian Avionics to create a joint venture avionics MRO company, SA Air Works India. The new entity will provide turnkey avionics solutions for inflight entertainment systems and communications, safety applications, weather systems and other airborne electronics, the partners said. SA Air Works India will be base in Gurgaon, New Delhi, and has EASA Part 145 certification and Part 147 and 21 support from Scandinavian Avionics.
LONDON—Deicing and anti-icing services have been part of the airport scene in cold climates for decades, and despite the direct effect such services have on aircraft flight safety, no standard exists for them in Europe. But that could change very soon. [See related deicing article, pg. 28.] Concerns over the variability of deicing and anti-icing services across the EU were first raised in 2006 by EASA’s Safety Standards Consultative Committee (SSCC). Since then, pressure to mandate or regulate a consistent standard across the EU has grown.
Chromalloy launched an online catalog for turbine engine parts and repairs that allows users to search by engine manufacturer, engine type, engine section, part number, part name or ATA number. The online catalog also notifies users if Chromalloy makes a PMA part for the part number they need.
Sabena technics in early October will perform a C6 base maintenance check for Tor Air, a Swedish charter, wet-lease operator. The two-year-old charter company hired Sabena technics’ Brussels operations to complete the base maintenance check on its Boeing 737-400, as well as to overhaul its landing gear. Sabena technics did not disclose the contract’s value. Tor Air, based in Goteborg, Sweden, operates this one aircraft but hopes to add another to its fleet this year. Engines
OGMA promoted Pedro Costa Santos to marketing and sales director for engines and components services, effective July 1. Santos had been OGMA’s sales manager for commercial and executive aviation services for three years.
Electronic Cable Specialists to upgrade the internal core software of the ACARS datalink management unit on Boeing 767-300/300F and 757-200/200PF series aircraft, STCs ST02859CH and ST02862CH
Management Systems International boosted its training curriculum by 60%, adding courses in internal audit training on AS9100C and in planning and rolling out a quality management system, among others for ISO/AS certification such as management overview, internal auditor, auditor/lead auditor, implementation and enterprise management system demos. IT
StandardAero reorganized its Cincinnati-based component services business unit, naming Jack Lane director, sales and customer service. Lane has been StandardAero’s sales director since 2002. With this change, the company also divided its sales and customer service organization into three units—GE/Americas, Snecma/MTU/Europe/Middle East, and brokers. Steve Maull, who most recently was North America sales manager for Airfoil Technologies International, joins the Dubai Aerospace Enterprise company as head of GE/Americas sales.
SR Technics received EASA Part 145 base maintenance approval for Boeing 737NG aircraft in Switzerland, where it began offering C checks, modifications, landing hear and engine changes, and other support services in September. SR Technics’ Zurich Airport facility already offered line maintenance services for 737NG aircraft, in addition to cabin modifications and heavy airframe maintenance for Airbus aircraft.
Pratt & Whitney Canada and TAP Maintenance & Engineering Brazil formed a five-year agreement to provide PT6A and PW100 engine overhauls tests at P&WC do Brasil in Sorocaba and engine testing at TAP M&E’s Porto Alegre facility, which houses the region’s only engine test cells.
The maintenance world is familiar with the “Dirty Dozen”—the 12 most common causes of human factors-related maintenance errors. There is one more root cause that doesn’t appear on the list but should: attitude. When individuals and organizations develop the right attitude toward error reduction, it typically follows that errors decrease.
The Ford 300 I-6 4.9 liter engine is the standard to power most types of gas-powered ground support equipment (GSE) from tugs and belt loaders to deicing machines and baggage tractors in the U.S. But despite its widespread use, new, stringent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California air laws could make it difficult to continue using this engine.
One industrial building specialist’s first LEED project—and its largest-ever single project in terms of value—is in the works now for a site adjacent to Honolulu International Airport. Rubb, Inc. is working with the state of Hawaii and Hawaiian Airlines to build a new, LEED Silver certified campus for the carrier that is comprised of an aircraft maintenance hangar and an air cargo building, says Gordon Collins, sales manager for Rubb. Another green building also could take shape on the site in the future.
M7 Aerospace named Gary Merrill VP of quality assurance, responsible for QA programs in aerostructures manufacturing, MRO, government logistics support contracting, supply chain management, and aircraft parts and engineering. Merrill most recently was managing director of quality assurance and technical programs for US Airways.
British Airways Engineering added 105 apprentices in London. BA offers three-year apprenticeships for 10-15 students at MRO bases in Cardiff, Wales, and Glasgow, Scotland, but the London Heathrow-based apprenticeships are the first offered there in 16 years.
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft delivered two BAe 146-200 regional aircraft to Aerolineas Star Peru, which now operates seven of the aircraft. Prior to delivery, BAE carried out a couple of engine changes on one of the aircraft.
Everts Air Cargo reissued STC to deactivate the cabin pressurization system, convert the cargo compartment to a Class E compartment, and modify the ventilation system of DC-6A and DC-6B aircraft, STC ST981SO
