Maintenance & Training

Safran has inaugurated its new Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (MBD) plant in Sendayan, Malaysia.

VivaAerobus will equip its 52 Airbus A320s with data-acquisition, aircraft-condition monitoring and wireless data-transfer solutions from Teledyne Controls.

Twenty-year-old Kalenga is a First Officer flying with captains across the airline's network, having been hired as part of the company's commitment to support Zambian youth and nurture new local talent.

Business aircraft sales, acquisitions and trader Jetcraft, has launched a new commercial aircraft sales and leasing division.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has acquired the first ever B-787 Dreamliner full flight simulator in Africa.

MRO News-Jan. 15, 2015

Briefs from the Jan. 14, 2015 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance at German’s Hahn Airport is well positioned in 2015 following a successful 2014, newly appointed CEO Frank Rott, who replaced Michael Bock.

Magnetic MRO has started final preparations to offer full aircraft painting in Tallinn, Estonia, by May.

Sabena Technics has opened new Airbus A320 painting facilities in Toulouse.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is opening a new sales office in Santiago, Chile, hoping to do more business in Latin America, including checks at a five-bay hangar in Puerto Rico that is now under construction.

ST Aerospace secured new contracts worth S$310 million ($232 million) in the fourth quarter of 2014, which include orders for airframe, component and engine maintenance, VIP completions, and engine washes.

GE Aviation has secured a five-year OnPoint agreement with Turkish Airlines for MRO on CF6-80E engines that power three Airbus A330-200s.

Gulf Air and Bahrain Polytechnic recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide the tertiary education institute's Information Technology students and graduates with the opportunity to perform final year industry projects and obtain valuable industry experience in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at Gulf Air in the airline's Information Technology Department.

MRO News-Jan. 9, 2015

Alsim announced Guneydogu Aviation (GDH) school has acquired a Light Turboprop ALX for the Segmen Flight Academy.

Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of three UAE nationals to executive positions within the airline.

MRO News-Jan. 8, 2015

Briefs from the Jan. 7, 2015 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Rolls-Royce are exploring a closer cooperation in engine maintenance after a pilot project seeking to reduce costs on mature Trent 500s.

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Russia’s Aeroflot have inked a long-term agreement for maintenance and repair of aircraft components.

Russia’s Transaero Airlines has won approval by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to perform maintenance of its aircraft registered in the European Union, after passing its annual audit, Part 145.

Marshall Aerospace and Defense Group has developed a dedicated aircraft refinishing facility for Boeing 747-400s, 777s and Airbus A330-sized aircraft in Cambridge, UK.

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) ITM Limited and Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) have agreed on a long-term, rotable-management program for the airline’s Boeing 777-300ERs, covering a range of line replaceable units (LRUs) and simulator parts.

UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) and Air France have signed a long-term agreement to maintain the two types of nacelle systems on both GE and Rolls-Royce engines equipping Boeing 787s.