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Maintenance: LATAM relies on Donecle

Donecle's drone system will participate in the heavy inspections of LATAM's fleet.

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MRO: easyJet extends with Safran Landing Systems

EASA awards maintenance certification 145 to EME Aero

SR Technics on Garuda Indonesia’s A330 aircraft

China Southern Airlines secures A350 operational capacities with AFI KLM E&M pooling solutions

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Maintenance: LATAM relies on Donecle

Donecle's drone system will participate in the heavy inspections of LATAM's fleet.

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MRO: easyJet extends with Safran Landing Systems

easyJet extends its contract with Safran Landing Systems for the MRO of the landing gear of its fleet of Airbus A320.

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Italy boosts Piaggio Aerospace activity with several orders

Piaggio Aerospace ends 2019 with three new contracts worth €246 million. The Italian Ministry of Defense signs contract for nine copies of Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft as well as the modernization of the 18 copies in service within the Italian Armed Forces and technical-logistic support for Chinook.

MRO

EASA awards maintenance certification 145 to EME Aero

On December 12, 2019, EME Aero — a 50/50 joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines — obtains EASA 145 certification as a maintenance organization.

MRO

SR Technics on Garuda Indonesia’s A330 aircraft

SR Technics extends partnership with GMF AeroAsia with a Integrated Component Services contract for Garuda Indonesia’s fleet of Airbus A330neo and A330ceo aircraft.

Defence

Saab delivers Deployable Maintenance Facility to Hungary

Saab delivers first complete Deployable Aircraft Maintenance Facility to Hungary.

MRO

China Southern Airlines secures A350 operational capacities with AFI KLM E&M pooling solutions

China Southern has signed a long-term contract for the provision of component support for its twenty newly acquired aircraft.

Defence

Safran inaugurates Dassault Rafale's M88 maintenance training center

Safran Aircraft Engines inaugurated a maintenance training center at the Istres air force base for the M88 engine, which powers the Dassault Rafale.

Defence

Airbus secures availability of the Tiger, Cougar and Caracal helicopters

Airbus Helicopters signs two global support contract for the Tigers in service in the French, German, and Spanish Armies as well as the Cougar and Caracal helicopters in service in the French Army and Air Force to boost their availability rate.

Civil Aviation

Airbus A321neo: China Airlines selects Pratt & Whitney engines

China Airlines chooses Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to equip its Airbus A321neo. The airline is the fourth company of the APAC area to get EngineWise maintenance and support services in a month.

Industry

Gulfstream relocates its European parts distribution Center in Amsterdam

Gulfstream moves the European Customer Support Parts Distribution Center from the London area to near Amsterdam, in preparation for Brexit.

MRO

Fiji Airways entrusts AFI KLM E&M with the A350 equipment maintenance

Fiji Airways has joined the community of A350 operators benefiting from access to AFI KLM E&M’s dedicated component solutions.

MRO

Malaysia Airlines awards CFM56 MRO to MTU Maintenance

Malaysia Airlines entrusts MTU Maintenance with the MRO of its CFM56-7B, more than 100 engines, to over a period of ten years.

Dubai Airshow 2019

Dubai Airshow 2019: Mubadala rationalizes its MRO business activity with Sanad

The Abu Dhabi Emirate government's Mubadala Investment fund has decided to rationalize its various activities in the MRO sector within a single subsidiary called Sanad.

MRO Europe 2019

MRO Europe 2019: AFI KLM E&M formalizes aircraft disassembly and sourcing activity

The maintenance subsidiary of Air France-KLM has been developing the Teardown Management entity since 2016 and gives it more and more consistency.

MRO Europe 2019

Liebherr and ATR sign a global maintenance contract for the ATR42/72-600

Liebherr and ATR have recently signed a ten-year contract for the supply of components, repair and services invoiced per hour for the ATR42/72-600 fleet composed of over 300 aircraft.

MRO Europe 2019

MRO Europe 2019: Embraer signs with several European and African customers

For the European customers, Embraer has signed or extended contracts with Helvetic Airways, Pan Européenne Air Service and Flybe, while the African customer is the Zambian Royal Air Charters.

MRO Europe 2019

MRO Europe 2019: Eaton partner with OEMServices to expand in Russia

The big scale partnership will cover a large number of hydraulic components and electric actuator, especially for Airbus A320, A330, A340 and Boeing 777 and 787 operators.

MRO Europe 2019

MRO Europe 2019: Safran Nacelles signs with Virgin Atlantic for A330ceo thrust reversers

The contract will be valid for 5 years and concerns a total of 10 aircraft.

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.

MRO Europe 2019

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.

MRO Europe 2019

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.

MRO Europe 2019

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

Air&Cosmos Int'l digital mag issue 9 is out now! Featuring MRO special, FCAS, satellite launches.

• MRO 46-PAGE SPECIAL SECTION • DEFENCE: FCAS starting to take shape • SPACE: first half launch roundup

Industry

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.

Civil Aviation

MRO APAC 2019: ANA selects Safran’s NacelleLife for its Airbus A380

All Nippon Airways selects the MRO service solution NacelleLife of Safran Nacelles for its three Airbus A380s signing a ten-year contrat.

Industry

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.

Industry

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.

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.

Industry

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.

Civil Aviation

SR Technics becomes Diehl Aviation Gilching’s MRO provider in the Asia-Pacific region

Diehl Aviation Gilching awarded SR Technics a contract to provide its Asian-Pacific customers with MRO services through a Malaysian facility.

Civil Aviation

Smartwings entrusts the analysis of costs on MRO services to Airinmar

Airinmar will provide its Value Engineering services and expertise to Smartwings.

Industry

Dassault Aviation acquires RUAGs’ MRO and FBO activities

Dassault Aviation keeps investing in business aviation’s MRO with the acquisition of RUAGs’ activities in Genevra and Lugano after a similar operation on TAG Aviations’ and ExecuJets’ maintenance organizations in March this year.

Industry

Dassault acquires TAG European MRO activities

The deal marks Dassault's second MRO acquisition since the start of the year.

Civil Aviation

Revima breaks ground on Thai MRO facility

The French APU and landing gear MRO provider has started construction of a new facility in Chonburi, Thailand.

Civil Aviation

IndiGo to build Bengaluru MRO centre

IndiGo will build a new maintenance facility at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, scheduled to entered service in 2020.

Industry

Dassault Aviation to acquire ExecuJet MRO operations

Dassault Aviation and Luxaviation have announced the acquisition by Dassault Aviation of the worldwide maintenance activities of ExecuJet, a subsidiary of Luxaviation.

Industry

Airbus Helicopters boosts MRO capacity in Japan

Airbus Helicopters is adding a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) complex adjacent to its existing facility in the Kobe Airport Facility in Japan.

Industry

Singapore Component Solutions, Liebherr sign MRO agreement

The joint venture between AFI KLM E&M and Sabena technics has finalised a partnership agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace on heat exchanger maintenance.

Civil Aviation

Safran, Lufthansa Technik team on A320neo nacelle MRO

Safran Nacelles and Lufthansa Technik have signed a cooperation agreement for MRO services on A320neo nacelles for CFM International LEAP-1A engines.

Industry

GKN Aerospace opens engine MRO facility in Malaysia

The expansion to Asia is an important part of the company's long-term growth strategy and global operating model.

Civil Aviation

GMF seals MRO partnership with AFI KLM E&M

PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk (GMF) and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) have formally concluded their strategic partnership agreement.

Industry

Rostec announces helicopter engine MRO move

UEC-Klimov and Vietnamese Helicopter Technical Service Company have signed a distributor agreement on maintenance of TV3-117 and VK-2500 civil helicopter engines.