MRO News Focus - May 2012

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Lufthansa Technik

May 2012

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AIRBUS PRODUCES FIRST A320 WITH SHARKLETS

Airbus has produced the first new-build A320 with Sharklets. The aircraft, msn 5098, will be one of several A320 Family aircraft in the certification flight-test campaign starting in May this year, and lasting around 600 flight hours.
The Sharklet tests follow an earlier successful flight-test campaign with Airbus’ A320 msn 001 test aircraft.

FINNAIR OUTSOURCES MRO TO SR TECHNICS

Finnair and SR Technics have signed an MoU under which Finnair will in the future source engine and component services for its aircraft from SR Technics.
Finnair expects the cooperation to result in significant cost savings for the company. The planned cooperation is a part of Finnair’s transformation programme that started in August 2011, in which Finnair increasingly focuses on its airline operations and partners with companies in other parts of its business. A significant share of Finnair’s engine maintenance, approximately half of the company’s component maintenance and the majority of aircraft heavy maintenance for Finnair’s fleet is now done by partners. In practice, the planned cooperation with SR Technics would result in discontinuing Finnair’s own engine services and making major adjustments to Finnair’s component services.

TRANSAERO ACQUIRES AIR ATLANTA MRO

Transaero Airlines has finalised a deal to take over Shannon-based Air Atlanta Aero Engineering (AAAE), which will now be known as Transaero Engineering Ireland and a 100% subsidiary of Transaero Airlines.
The 6,030m² hangar can accommodate two to three lines of heavy maintenance, a casualty or line maintenance bay, and parking for aircraft in storage programmes. The company intends to increase staff numbers in the near future from the 240 currently employed, with some undergoing EASA 147 training on the Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft (as operated by Transaero) to enhance the current aircraft coverage approvals. The airline will use the facility to fit its longhaul aircraft with broadband internet access via wifi.

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