Pratt & Whitney has added Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines Ltd. (MHIAEL) to its GTF engine maintenance network. The recent start of work on a GTF at MHIAEL’s Komaki plant means Pratt & Whitney has a “second operational facility” in Japan and 11 worldwide. “The shop is ready to provide…
Rolls-Royce has added North America-based Essential Turbines and MASCO Services to its network of around 30 authorised service providers for operators using Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines. Essential operates in Montreal, Surrey, British Columbia; and Phoenix, and is to run a “full feature shop” with focus on repair, overhaul and…
Universal Avionics (UA) is to do repairs on the Dassault FalconEye product line at its Tucson-based Part 145 station. The fix option is to add UA’s established repair capabilities on enhanced vision systems for aircraft, the company said, and will boost Dassault’s ramping-up production of its aircraft with FalconEye Combined…
GE Aerospace has started testing of its “next generation Rotor Analysis Diagnostic System (RADS)” for civil and military operators. The system will “reduce pilot time and save fuel by enabling operators to complete rotor track and balance operations and diagnostics in fewer flights”. Testing on major OEM [original equipment manufacturer]…
Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and Lufthansa Technik Middle East are to collaborate in aircraft component services, the German company has announced. The collaboration means LT is to help service and maintain Saudia’s 57 Boeing long-haul aircraft by providing component support and help the carrier build up its in-house maintenance…
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) on February 22 announced it had “achieved one billion flying hours since the formation of the company” in 1928. Since then, the company has made around 110,000 engines, 66,000 of which remain in use by over 16,000 customers. Around half the engines made and half…
Lufthansa Technik has announced a €7.5 million investment in a training centre in Hamburg-Rahlstedt. “Over the next five years, more than 1,000 new colleagues, who were originally trained for example as carpenters, automotive mechanics or dental technicians, will be qualified to repair the latest engine technologies,” the company said in…
Ecube, an aircraft end-of-life service provider and asset custodian, has appointed former US Air Force man Jonathan Zeiher as general manager US. After his military career, Zeiher worked for Pinnacle Airlines, AAR, C&L Aerospace, Launch and recently was vice president – operations at Complete Aviation Services and Modifications. “Jonathan will…
C&L Aerospace has bought five ATR PW127F engines, a move the C&L Aviation company said shows it is enhancing support for ATR operators. “With the addition of these five engines, C&L has now purchased 20 PW127 series engines since starting their ATR program in 2019. Three of the engines are…
Pratt & Whitney on February 7 said it had opened a “new, larger TechOps engine overhaul facility dedicated to the global Pratt & Whitney GTF engine MRO network”. Described as a 155,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta” for the housing of “disassembly, assembly and test capability for engines powering Airbus A220 and…
Lufthansa Technik is to provide parts support to Azerbaijan Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body fleet The five-year total component support (TCS) deal takes effect in May, Lufthansa Technik said, and will give the flag carrier “24/7 access to Lufthansa Technik’s global spare parts pool network”. “Among other services, the TCS…
Air France Industries (AFI) KLM E&M and Nile Air have wrapped up a component support agreement for the Egyptian airline’s six A320-200s. The deal, AFI KLM E&M said, will cover” an extensive range of components, including various key models such as accessories and LRUs for CFM56-5B and IAE V2500 engines”….
