Airbus and HAECO Group to establish Airbus maintenance training services collaboration in Hong Kong. Front row left to right: Didier LUX, Airbus EVP Customer Services, Mark HAYMAN, HAECO Group Director, Engineering & Operations. Second row: Fabrice HAMEL, Airbus VP Training Services, Michael KALBOW, Airbus Head of Maintenance Training, Rémy CADEAU, Airbus Senior Director Business Development & Cooperation. Photo: Airbus Airbus and HAECO Group have entered into a … [Read more...] about Airbus and HAECO team up on training
MRO
Delta TechOps opens new hangar at Narita
Delta TechOps—Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division and MRO provider business—opened a line maintenance hangar at its Tokyo-Narita International Airport hub on Monday with Narita airport and Japanese government officials on-hand to mark the occasion. The leased 13,000 square-metre facility will provide enhanced TechOps support for Delta’s Boeing 747-400, 777, 767, 757 and Airbus A330 transoceanic aircraft. More than 100 Delta TechOps professionals work at the NRT … [Read more...] about Delta TechOps opens new hangar at Narita
Sabena Technics opens Singapore ATR warehouse
Sabena Technics, a French independent MRO, has opened a new warehouse in Singapore. The warehouse, which will be used to store ATR components, is located close to Changi International Airport and Sabena’s existing MRO facility. Philippe Delisle, CEO of Sabena Technics Asia, said: “This warehouse is an opportunity for us to improve our support on other aircraft types, such as Fokker 100, as well as get closer to Australian operators.” … [Read more...] about Sabena Technics opens Singapore ATR warehouse
DHL wins major Luft Technik Logistik contract
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has announced a new three-year contract to handle the transatlantic transport of spare parts and tools for the Lufthansa subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services GmbH. Annual volume is estimated at 25,000 air freight shipments per year with a total weight of 550 tonnes, including shipments from Germany to the US as well as from Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico to Germany. “Optimising supply chains … [Read more...] about DHL wins major Luft Technik Logistik contract
MRO JV for Goodrich and Turkish
Goodrich Corporation and Turkish Technic, Inc. have formed a joint venture company to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Istanbul, Turkey. The joint venture company, known as Goodrich Turkish Technic Service Center, will provide nacelle, thrust reverser and related component services including rotable support. The center will provide services for the Airbus and Boeing fleets of Turkish Airlines and other carriers in Turkey and neighboring regional fleets. The two … [Read more...] about MRO JV for Goodrich and Turkish
New MRO facility for Bahrain
Gulf Technics and SIA Engineering Co. (SIAEC), a subsidiary of the Singapore Airlines Group, have announced their intention to open a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Bahrain by 2012 with construction to start late this year or early next. The facility will to be able to accommodate up to two wide-body aircraft or four narrow-body aircraft. Gulf Technics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mumtalakat Holding Co., the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain and a sister company of … [Read more...] about New MRO facility for Bahrain