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S7 Technics and IATA focuses on the digitalisation of aircraft operations
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Boeing: Dennis A. Muilenburg looses chairman title
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MRO APAC 2019: MTU Maintenance opens office in Singapore
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Boeing: Dennis Muilenburg strengthens the company’s product and services safety

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Bombardier obtains EASA type certificate for Global 5500 and 6500

This certification follows the certification issued by Transport Canada and the entry into service on September 30, 2019. The aircraft will make their public debut on October 22, at the static display of ​​the fair and convention of the national association of the United States Business Aviation (NBAA-BACE), Las Vegas, Nevada.
MRO Europe 2019

MRO Europe 2019: Delta and Airbus finalize a digital alliance

The new alliance will be officially launched in 2020. It will combine the knowledge developed by Airbus, thanks to Skywise, and Delta's MRO branch, Delta TechOps, in predictive maintenance.
MRO Europe 2019

Lufthansa Technik and Collins Aerospace partner for Airbus A380

During the MRO Europe 2019 trade show, Collins Aerospace Systems and Lufthansa Technik announced a partnership to provide the Airbus A380 operators with main landing gear MRO solutions.
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Boeing 737 MAX: faults within the FAA

The U.S. Civil Aviation Authorities have not properly assessed the reliability of the MCAS system, according to the report of the international committee of experts JATR released on October 11.
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Scandinavian Airlines signs with KLM UK Engineering

KLM UK Engineering — a subsidiary of AFI KLM E&M — has been awarded Airframe Maintenance Support contrat from Scandinavian Airlines to perform heavy maintenance on Boeing 737NG aircraft.
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Asia-Pacific: all E-Jet operators enrolls in Embraer’s Pool Program

During MRO Europe 2019 event, Myanmar National Airlines signed Pool Program deal for E190 aircraft with Embraer, thus completing the list of E-Jet Asia-Pacific operators enrolled in Embraer’s TechCare program.
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MRO Europe 2019: a $116 billion market in ten years

The MRO Europe 2019 conference, of which Air & Cosmos is a partner, opened in London on October 15. One of the highlights of the day was a ten-year market forecast conference.
Civil Aviation

UIA selects once again SR Technics for Boeing 737NG

Ukraine International Airlines awards CFM56-7B engine maintenance contract to SR Technics. The Swiss MRO service provider already performed first engine shop visit in Zurich in August.
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S7 Technics and IATA focuses on the digitalisation of aircraft operations

The Digital Aircraft Operations 2019 seminar held by S7 Technics and IATA underlined the advantages of the digitalisation of air transport management processes.
Civil Aviation

Satys sets up a painting workshop in Budapest

The French group Satys is setting up a 4,000 m2 aircraft re-painting workshop at Budapest airport where Aeroplex and Lufthansa Technik are already settled, not to mention Wizzair.
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Boeing: Dennis A. Muilenburg looses chairman title

Boeing Board of Directors separates the roles of chairman and chief executive officer.
Civil Aviation

Cracks on Boeing 737NG

Boeing said Boeing 737NG operators grounded a total of 38 single-aisle aircraft. Inspections have revealed cracks at the wing-fuselage spar attachment points.
Civil Aviation

Airbus A380: operators seek cracks

Airbus A380 operators will have to check the absence or the presence of cracks along the aircraft wing trailing edges.
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MRO APAC 2019: MTU Maintenance opens office in Singapore

MTU Maintenance has decided to open an office in Singapore. Luc Morvan is assigned Chief Representative of the company’s activities in Singapore.
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Boeing: Dennis Muilenburg strengthens the company’s product and services safety

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg announces changes regarding the safety of the company’s product and services. He will implement and complete the recommendations contained in the independent review issued by Boeing board of directors.
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Safran will design new turboprop for a European UAV

Safran Helicopter Engines, ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH (ZFL) and MT-Propeller have signed an agreement cooperation for the design of a turboprop engines for a future European drone.
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India integrates MBDA-designed Mistral and ASRAAM missiles

MBDA signs agreement with Bharat Dynamics Limited of India for the final assembly, integration and test of Mistral and ASRAAM missiles in India.
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The group Ametra settles in India

The French group Ametra and its Indian partner Nucon Aerospace inaugurates their new production plant settled at Hyderabad with orders already planned by Thales.
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UTair Engineering selects Swiss-AS’s MRO software AMOS

Swiss AviationSoftware gains another member of the UTair group. UTair Engineering has already planned the first project steps concerning AMOS.
Civil Aviation

FL Technics provides line maintenance services to Airbus A320neo family aircraft

FL Technics gets EASA Part-145 approval to provide line maintenance services to Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
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IVEN: Thales’ digital marketplace for parts

Thales launches IVEN, a digital marketplace designed to connect aerospace and defense companies with suppliers of parts and spare parts. Commercial access for customers will be open from beginning 2020.
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The production of the C919 should start this year

COMAC announces the beginning of the production of its medium-haul aircraft C919 for the end of the year when the test program involving four prototypes is in full swing.
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Magnetic MRO launches Kuala Lumpur

Magnetic MRO launches strategical expansion in South-East Asia. New office in Kuala Lumpur will bring the company’s Total Technical Care solution to regional operators.
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Boeing and Safran invest in Electric Power Systems

Boeing and Safran announced a joint investment in Electric Power Systems (EPS), to offer enhanced aviation-grade energy storage systems.
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Boeing produces the first piece of the first KC-46A for Japan

Boeing has manufactured the first piece of the first of four ordered KC-46A for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The long wing spar measures 25.1 m length.
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Airbus re-segments its market forecasts on 20 years

Airbus forecast a market for more than 39,000 commercial aircraft in the next twenty years. Forecasts taking into account the arrival of the Airbus A220 in the catalogue, the launch of the A321LR and XLR and the stop of the Airbus A380.
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Hutchinson acquires PFW Aerospace

Hutchinson has concluded an agreement with Airbus and Safeguard for the repurchase of the German company PFW Aerospace, specialized in the manufacturing of pipes and fuel tanks.
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The MC-21 visits Istanbul

Irkut MC-21-300 conducts its first demonstration campaign outside of Russia. It is present at the Teknofest 2019 festival, dedicated to aerospace fields,
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UTair ZAO settles at Ufa

UTair ZAO opens new MRO center at Ufa International Airport.
Civil Aviation

SR Technics provides maintenance to Pegasus Airlines

Pegasus Airlines selected SR Technics to provide CFM56-5B engine maintenance.
Civil Aviation

China: MTU provides MRO services to the LEAP engines

CFM International grants MTU Maintenance Zhuhai to provide MRO service on the LEAP engines. Meanwhile, the Chinese facility carries out its expansion.
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Latécoère settles in India

Latécoère has just inaugurated a 4,400 square meters factory in Belagavi, India, to support Dassault Aviation on the Falcon 2000 and complete the Thales avionics cabling contract.
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Boeing 777X: after the engine, the static test cell suffers

The Boeing 777X program suffered another setback last week. During a static test with pressurization of the cell, a loading door literally left its hinges, which could lead to a further delay in a project whose first date of inaugural flight had already been postponed due to problems previously encountered with the enormous General Electric engines GE9X.
Civil Aviation

Nomad Technics receives approval for maintenance in the Cayman Islands

The CAA of the Cayman Islands approves Nomad Technics as a maintenance organization.
Defence

Mi-17V-5: LOTN performs unauthorized overhaul

LOTN provided a unauthorized overhaul on a helicopter Mi-17V-5 of the Defense Ministry of Afghanistan.
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Major expansion of the Marcel Dassault Airport

Planted in Châteauroux in the region Centre-Val de Loire, the Marcel Dassault Airport wishes to amplify its industrial vocation with a new hangar and a new control tower.
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Airbus boosts its presence in Malaysia

AirAsia X’s order for 30 Airbus A321XLR and 12 additional A330neos was followed by several agreements in the MRO, digital and R&D fields.
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Leonardo tests its MAIR system on helicopter

Launched in June 2019 during the Paris Air Show, the MAIR — Multiple Aperture Infra-Red (system) — provides to the aircraft crew a 360° missile warning coverage. The system has just performed a test on a helicopter.
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MAKS 2019: Sukhoi and Comac introduce a nose mockup of the CR929

During the 2019 edition of the MAKS Air Show, a model of the future CR929’s nose was exhibited.
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Safran: Alexandre Ziegler appointed Senior Executive Vice President for International and Public Affairs

The French Ambassador to India since 2016, Alexandre Ziegler has been named Safran Senior Executive Vice President, International and Public Affairs.
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Boeing 737 MAX: the Russian Rostec wants to cancel

The Russian consortium Rostec wants to cancel the 35 Boeing 737 MAX ordered by its aircraft leasing subsidiary. Last July, the Saudi airline Flyadeal decided to not confirm its order for 30 Boeing 737 MAX.
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Asiana Airlines entrusts its future A321neo fleet to Lufthansa Technik

Asiana Airlines signs a TCS contract with Lufthansa Technik for its A320s fleet, including future Airbus A321neos.
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Latin America: two additional MRO service providers for Gulfstream

Gulfstream authorizes Líder Aviação and Aero Rio Táxi Aéreo to provide MRO services and enhances its own U.S. facilities.
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Lufthansa Technik Shannon Limited finished base maintenance checks on Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787s.

Lufthansa Technik Shannon Limited finished to perform base maintenance checks on six Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787s.
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Expansion of a airfoil services facility in Malaysia

ASSB expands its airfoil services facility in Malaysia to increase its repair capacity up to 900,000 parts per year.
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Airbus A321 also assembled in Toulouse

To face the demand, Airbus plans to use the site dedicated to the A380 in Toulouse to install a new A321neo assembly line, only assembled in Hamburg.
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Comac speeds up its flight test campaign

Chinese manufacturer Comac’s prototype C919 AC104 just performed its first flight test while the AC103 carries on its own flight test campaign.
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Turkish Aerospace: agreement with the Dutch NLR

TAI and NLR signed a protocol on several future aerospace projects.
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