Category: PRs

Accurate Screw Machine (ASM) has received the AS9100 Rev. C quality standard certification for its Fairfield, New Jersey manufacturing plant. The AS9100 registration is based on the ISO9001 quality management system, and supported by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).

 

“Certification to the demanding standards required by AS9100 proves our commitment to the aerospace market”, explained Chris Thomas, vice president and general manager, Accurate Screw Machine. He said that customers could ‘expect to receive superior product conformity and reliability, highly accurate documentation, and streamlined processes compared to non-certified suppliers’

 

Accurate Screw Machine has been manufacturing custom electronic hardware, fasteners, and precision machined components to the aerospace and general industrial markets for over 50 years. The company conducts rapid prototyping and design of hard-to-make products made from specialty materials.

 

“With this successful achievement, Accurate Screw Machine joins Atlantic Spring, Capital Spring, and Helical Products as certified manufacturing facilities within the MW family of brands”, stated John Bagnuolo, chief executive officer of MW Industries.

West Star Aviation has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of a Future Air Navigation System (FANS) Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) application on F900B aircraft.

 

The CPDL-C is a data link application that allows for direct exchange of text-based messages between the controller and a pilot. This application improves communication capabilities in areas that usually require third party HF communication relay such as oceanic and enroute airspace. The pilot is provided with the capability to respond to messages, request clearances, report, and declare/rescind an emergency. This application was designed to update and supplement the F900B aircraft’s current communication equipment.

 

“We are proud to continue certifying new avionics solutions for corporate aircraft. These include F900B STCs for the Honeywell CDS/R LCD cockpit upgrade, WAAS/LPV, TCAS 7.1 and ADS-B. The FANS solution is considered to be stand-alone, but could be completed with these other STC options,” said Marty Rhine, director of sales, West Star Aviation.

Lufthansa Technik will provide MRO support for Air India’s Boeing 777-200/300 landing gears over the next four years. The contract covers 15 shipsets with the maintenance and overhaul work being performed by Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services UK (LTLGS) in the United Kingdom.

 

Zang Thio, vice president corporate sales South East Asia and Australia at Lufthansa Technik, commented: “We are very proud to extend our customer base in India with the country’s flagship  carrier.”

 

The first Boeing 777-200/300 landing gear delivery to Air India also marks an important milestone for LTLGS – the 50th Boeing 777-200/300 landing gear overhaul by LTLGS since 2013. According to Lufhansa Technik this ‘amounts to a market share of approximately 70 percent in the currently anticipated global market.’

 

Sandra Eckstein, managing director of Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Services UK, commented: “We are delighted to add Air India to our existing customer base, which includes major Boeing 777-200/300 operators from Europe, the Middle East and Asia”.

AFI KLM E&M has signed a component support agreement with AirAsia for the airline’s fleet of Airbus A320neo passenger jets, ultimately scheduled to number 304 aircraft. AirAsia took delivery of its first A320neo on 7 September this year in Hamburg.

 

Signed in the presence of AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes and Air France CEO Franck Terner, the contract between the two groups includes component repair services and solutions designed to maximise aircraft availability, such as the provision of a local main base kit at AirAsia’s Kuala Lumpur facility.

 

At the signing ceremony held in Sepang, Malaysia, AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes said: “Operating a new-generation aircraft at such a large scale requires adaptive, world-class support, and we have the utmost confidence that AFI KLM E&M will be able to provide us with the responsiveness, reliability and performance needed.”

 

AirAsia has already had an opportunity to test the effectiveness of the MRO solutions delivered by AFI KLM E&M, which currently provides component support for the fleet of A330s operated by AirAsia X, the AirAsia’s budget long-haul subsidiary. The initial agreement was signed in 2009 and then extended in 2013.

 

Anne Brachet, EVP AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance, said: “Following the fruitful partnership with AirAsia X, we are proud to welcome its parent airline, AirAsia, to our client portfolio and will strive to develop the same kind of trust-based partner relationship with it.”

Satcom Direct has been authorized by Inmarsat’s Global Government Business Unit to provision and resell Inmarsat’s Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) service to global government customers for use in military, head-of-state and other government operations.

Satcom Direct has been appointed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat’s GX mobile global broadband satellite network. GX delivers secure, end-to-end wideband connectivity that enables airborne, naval and land operations.
“SD is honored to represent Inmarsat,” said David Greenhill, Satcom Direct president. “The high performance of the GX network allows us to deliver tailored solutions which meet complex government, military and VVIP requirements for secure and reliable connectivity.”
Inmarsat Global Government president, Andy Start, said: “We are very excited to add Satcom Direct to our stable of industry-leading companies that provide expertise and service to our government customers with Global Xpress capabilities. Satcom Direct has a long and successful history in the aviation sector and we are keen to work with them in the non-U.S. government sector.”

SD already is a VAR for the U.S. Government business unit, as well as Jet ConneX, the business aviation version of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress service.

Infinity Aircraft Services, an FAA Part 145 Repair Station, is now an authorized dealer for Williams International and Nextant Aerospace. This increases Infinity Aircraft Services’ growing capability to perform manufacture specific tasks and requirements at their three convenient locations in West Palm Beach (KPBI), Gary/Chicago (KGYY) and Atlanta (KPDK).

Williams International is the global leader in small gas turbine engines; Nextant Aerospace claims to be the first company to introduce aircraft remanufacturing to the business jet market. These new dealership authorizations provide direct benefits to Infinity Aircraft Services clientele. Since Infinity provides services for each of these companies, it can buy direct from Williams and Nextant.

President Todd Sabo said: “These authorizations extend our capacity to handle most aircraft maintenance and repair needs that may arise.”

Infinity Aircraft Services provides a complete range of aircraft MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) services for business and general aviation aircraft, including scheduled inspections, avionics installation and service, engine and APU services, conformity and pre-purchase inspections. Infinity Aircraft Services also provides on-demand AOG (Aircraft on Ground) support with rapid-response teams from all three of its locations on a 24/7/365 basis.

In addition, specific avionics services include:
• RVSM 91.411 & 91.413 Inspections and Operational/Functional checks
• Annual Avionics Inspections
• ELT Checks

Troubleshooting and Repair for:
• Autopilot
• Satcom
• Cabin entertainment
• Nav/Comm and HF And Wi-Fi.

 

South African based aviation services firm Hi-Fly Marketing has appointed Christobal Henner to the position of general manager.

Based at the company’s offices in Cape Town, Christobal will spearhead Hi-Fly Marketing’s business development with a focus on pursuing new business opportunities and reinforcing existing customer relationships. Christobal joins the company from SAFRAN Electronics & Defense in Dallas Texas, where he managed the Analysis Ground Station (AGS) global support for operators worldwide in addition to overseeing the sales of flight data management solutions to aircraft operators in both South and North America. Christobal started his career as the sales manager of Alyzair, the French pioneer in Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) service solutions. Alyzair then joined Sagem (recently rebranded SAFRAN Electronics & Defense) and Christobal took the position of sales manager for Europe of both the Flight Data solutions (hardware and software) and the MRO services.

Announcing Christobal’s appointment, Hi-Fly Marketing’s CEO, Alexandra Guillot said, “I am very pleased to have a person of Christobal’s calibre joining our team. Christobal is very experienced, pragmatic, driven and he knows how to think ‘out of the box’ to succeed with any assignment. His vast experience in sales in the aviation services sector coupled with his multilingual skills will help us get closer to our customers and better address their unique needs.”

Commenting on his new role, Christobal Henner, said, “I am thrilled to bring the best of my knowledge and determination to the strong and growing business of Hi-Fly Marketing. The combination of a fantastic team and renowned partners enables us to push state-of-the-art solutions in the Sub-Saharan aviation industry.”

AFI KLM E&M has opened a new materials and logistics service center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  (check out Strader Ferris International for information on other logistics). The new logistics center will work in coordination with the Singapore logistic center  and will find a professional mover in Mesquite as well as its local component facilities in Shanghai and Mumbai. This strengthens the Group’s logistics capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region and will become one of the decentralized logistic centers of AFI KLM E&M to service customers with all aircraft types for which AFI KLM E&M provides component services, including 737, 787 and A320, A330, A350 and A380.
The new logistic service center will serve as a local spares pool to fast-track the supply of replacement parts. It will also act as a client interface, and its staff will, as a result, be able to deliver rapid solutions to the needs of client airlines. Through its strategic positioning at the heart of the Asia-Pacific region it will provide  24/7 worldwide coverage, which will help deliver ever-more effective component support for AFI KLM E&M clients, with optimized parts storage, logistic and repair costs. Contact Sunrise Moving to help you move.
Ton Dortmans, executive vice president KLM E&M said: “The launch of this new logistic service center is a major milestone in our strategy to develop a high-performance global MRO network. The Asia-Pacific aviation industry is seeing strong growth and with our new logistic service center we will be able to support and help drive that growth by meeting our clients’ aircraft maintenance requirements at the same time as, we hope, we attract new partners, who will be won over by this promise of doorstep service and responsive, competitively-price support!”

AeroVision International has signed a comprehensive ERJ component support agreement with Aéreo Calafia, a growing regional airline based at the Manuel Márquez de León International Airport in La Paz, Mexico.

The support agreement provides Aéreo Calafia with access to an extensive inventory of LRU’s used to support their growing fleet of ERJ 145 aircraft. Parts will be held at Aéreo Calafia’s maintenance facility located in La Paz and backstopped by AeroVision’s entire inventory.

“AeroVision’s commitment to providing the right parts, located in the right place and in a predictable and cost effective manner is what Aéreo Calafia needs to achieve the dispatch reliability its growth requires.” said Pete Gibson, AeroVision’s vice president of Aircraft Services.

“We are excited to be a trusted partner in Aéreo Calafia’s growth,” said Jeff Barnes, AeroVision’s president, “and not only supply additional ERJ 145 aircraft to expand their business but also the parts support that enables the day-to-day execution vital to their success.”