Strata Manufacturing (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, has signed a contract with Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) for the supply of composite detail aircraft parts. Under the 10-year contract, which was signed at the Dubai Airshow 2019, CTRM will supply Strata with structural composite detail partsRead More
Category Archives: MRO
Lufthansa increases its MRO footprint in the Middle East
Lufthansa Technik Middle East (LTME) has further increased its footprint for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services in the Gulf region and is set to continue on its recent growth path. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik AG has recently expanded both its production capacity as well as its product and capabilities portfolio. In addition,Read More
HAECO ITM extends MRO services to Air Hong Kong
HAECO ITM Limited, a member of the HAECO Group, recently announced an agreement signed with Air Hong Kong Limited (“AHK”) to provide its Airbus A330-300 freighter fleet with inventory technical management support. The contract covers component MRO, repair management, component pooling, component engineering support services and AOG support. In addition to the Airbus A330-300F, HAECORead More
Ryanair outsources its airframe maintenance to Joramco
The Dublin-based low-cost carrier has booked two lines at Joramco’s facility for heavy checks of its Boeing 737NG aircraft from this November through March 2020. Ryanair has its own maintenance facilities in Lithuania, Scotland, Poland, Spain. Evidently, though, it needs more capacity to service its huge fleet, and in Joramco it has looked further afieldRead More
Magnetic MRO presents a full ‘ready-to-GO’ B737 NG Flight Control Kit
Magnetic MRO has presented a new component supply program for Boeing 737 NG operators, owners and maintenance organizations – Full Flight Control Kit. The kit includes a complete ‘ready-to-GO’ list of primary and secondary flight controls that are available for worldwide delivery. Magnetic MRO prepared a complete Serviceable Boeing 737 NG kit with EASA FormRead More
Magnetic MRO Training celebrates new expansion
Magnetic MRO Training, EASA Part-147 approved type training organization, has announced the re-opening of their training facility after the most recent expansion. The new premises were opened on 19 September 2019 and are aimed to be used mainly by Magnetic MRO and Estonian Aviation Academy for theoretical technical training for future aircraft mechanics. “The needRead More
Ameco records double digit growth, expands capabilities
China’s Ameco Beijing has recorded a double-digit growth and continues to expand its capabilities further even as Beijing and Washington continue in a protracted trade war. Ameco general manager marketing and sales Teng Bin says the company isn’t seriously impacted by the trade tensions, and despite trade tariffs imposed between both shores, the variety inRead More
AFI KLM E&Msigns strategic agreement with GMF for component solutions
AFI KLM E&M has sealed a new collaboration agreement with Indonesian MRO Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) as part of a strategic partnership agreement (SPA). The agreement is for A330 component support and will see AFI KLM E&M provide repair and parts pooling services for Garuda Indonesia’s fleet of A330s (which currently numbers 24 aircraft), asRead More
Lufthansa Technik, GE Aviation unveils new MRO service facility
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and GE Aviation have launched a new engine MRO service facility and joint venture (JV), XEOS, in Southwest Poland to overhaul GEnx-2B and GE9X engines. The JV of LHT (51%) and GE Aviation (49%) invested about PLN 1 billion ($250 million) to construct the facility and their own training center from scratchRead More
Porter Airlines takes its operations up a notch with paperless maintenance
Porter Airlines has taken its maintenance operations paperless by implementing RAAS maintenance and engineering software from Aviation InterTec Services (AIS). The carrier is the first to receive approval from Transport Canada (TC) to use the software for paperless maintenance records management. According to Eric Hansen, CEO of AIS, most of its Canadian customers are usingRead More