Goodrich Corporation’s maintenance, repair and overhaul campus in Singapore is developing key nacelle system components for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine. The engine will power the new Bombardier CSeries commercial aircraft and Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet. Primary activities being performed in Singapore include the engine nacelle’s fan cowl doors, inlet outer barrels and thrust reverser outer cowl design and analysis. The nacelle components for … [Read more...] about Goodrich providing key nacelles for PW1000G

AAR Cargo Systems has received Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) from the FAA and EASA, approving the company’s cargo handling system for the 767-300 airframe. AAR was selected by IAI’s Bedek Aviation Group (IAI) to design the cargo system for the launch of its 767- 300 conversion programme. IAI installed the AAR cargo system to convert a 767-300 from passenger configuration into a modern and efficient General Market Freighter (GMF) configuration. The system was … [Read more...] about AAR receives type cert for 767-300 cargo system

Israel Aircraft Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group has received its supplemental type certificate for the 60-tonne payload, B767-300BDSF (Bedek Special Freighter) aircraft conversions and has delivered its first aircraft to euroAtlantic – a Portugalbased passenger aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance company, with an additional aircraft on order. The medium-sized freighter market – 50-60 tonnes – is the most promising market currently according … [Read more...] about Bedek receives type cert for B767-300 conversions

Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has announced that it has formally launched an MD-80SF passenger to freighter conversion programme. The programme, which AEI said has been in works for six months, will focus on the modification of four DC9-80 aircraft – the MD-81, MD-82, MD-83 and the MD-88. The passenger-to-freighter conversion programme should receive certification from the FAA, EASA and CAAC in mid-2011, according to AEI’s VP sales and marketing, Robert … [Read more...] about AEI launches MD-80 conversion programme

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the aviation safety performance for 2009 showing that the year’s accident rate for Western-built jet aircraft as the second lowest in aviation history. The 2009 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights) was 0.71. That is equal to one accident for every 1.4 million flights. This is a significant improvement of the 0.81 rate recorded in 2008 (one accident for 1.2 million flights), IATA said. The … [Read more...] about 2009 aviation 2nd-safest year in history

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has noted a “significant improvement” in all the indicators of airline business confidence, measured by IATA’s latestJanuary quarterly survey. The survey also highlighted a divergence between more positive Asian airlines and more pessimistic European carriers, but for the first time since January 2008, a majority said profitability had improved in the previous quarter. A full 76 per cent of those surveyed expect … [Read more...] about IATA survey indicates carrier confidence up