Category: PRs

SR Technics has opened a new training center in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi offering flexible, comprehensive training solutions to supplement the company’s existing training facilities in Zurich, Switzerland. The new training center is designed to serve regional and international clients.

 

Stephan Wiegelmann, head of training services at SR Technics, said: “We were looking for a state-of-the-art facility, which we found in Masdar City. We chose this location because it is a progressive hub for educational, technical and scientific institutions, providing a modern environment for learning. Masdar City is also close to the Abu Dhabi Airport, so we are able to perform practical training on aircraft.”

 

“Masdar City is the region’s first clean-tech cluster anchored by a world-class graduate university, hosting a range of corporate training, research and knowledge-sharing opportunities,” said Yousef Baselaib, executive director of Sustainable Real Estate at Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company. “The expansion of SR Technics’ presence at Masdar City will provide important services to Abu Dhabi’s growing aviation sector, and enhance the City’s standing as a hub connecting education with R&D and business with investment.”

 

Ralph Kaeding, who was recently appointed head of the Abu Dhabi Training Center, welcomes clients to the new facilities: “Our courses are short and efficient to minimize the off-duty time, optimizing the learning experience.”

 

The new Abu Dhabi training center offers vocational training, basic maintenance training, aircraft type training, specialized training and training consultancy services. All training courses are based on Part-147, Part-66 and Part-145 related maintenance training that are approved by the relevant authorities, such as EASA, GCAA and CASA.

AFI KLM E&M has added power by the hour component support for the three Air Mauritius ATR 72-500s aircraft, an addition to the existing arrangement of providing maintenance services for the whole Air Mauritius Airbus fleet which has been in place over 15 years.

 

The service will include component repairs and access to the AFI KLM E&M spares pool, together with the provision of a Main Base Kit.

C&S Propeller has completed its relocation to a new 18,000 foot facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The company started construction of its new 18,000 square foot facility over the summer. The shop was developed and outfitted with proven, efficient processes and tools. The company provides maintenance, repair and overhaul of the 54H60 propeller system used on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft and its commercial variant, the L-100.

 

Providing a single-source point of propeller system MRO, the scope of services offered include comprehensive aspects of the entire propeller propulsion system. These systems include prop blades, hubs, valve housings, pump housings and spinners.

 

Buddy Tobin, C&S’s vice president and general manager, has received positive feedback from customers on the new facility and its location:  “Our value proposition to the market has always been to deliver quicker turn times…it’s not unusual to get an urgent call on an evening or weekend from somewhere in the world.”

A strategic digital alliance partnership agreement between Teledyne Controls and GE Aviation will see GE’s Predix platform used to apply data and analytics on continuous flight data to improve engine health monitoring.

 

Willie Cecil, director of business development, Wireless and Data Automation Solutions discussed the effect on predictive maintenance for aircraft: “Until now, health monitoring has been limited because it has been performed using only a few hundred bytes of data sent from the aircraft via ACARS, which is fairly expensive and has limited bandwidth.

 

“Using Teledyne’s GroundLink, which leverages higher bandwidth and less expensive cellular wireless networks, several megabytes per flight hour of continuous data can be made available for engine analytics.”

 

John Nelson, data product manager for GE Aviation, stated that there was a flow of richer, continuous data which provides insights into asset condition not previously possible: “Applying physics and data science expertise together, on continuous data, is the recipe to create analytics that enable increased detection lead time, reduce maintenance burden and improve asset availability.”

Bell Helicopter has received approval from Transport Canada (TCCA) for the Bell 206 polycarbonate windshield. Van Horn Aviation has also received TCCA approval for the 206B composite main rotor blade. Both products are now available through Bell Helicopter’s Aeronautical Accessories brand for installation on aircraft for Canadian operators.
“We are excited to make the Bell 206 polycarbonate windshield and the 206B composite main rotor blade available for our Canadian operators,” said Jennifer Lunceford, manager of sales. “Both products provide customers with convenient and safe mission solutions to enhance their performance capabilities.”
Developed for the Bell 206 model, the polycarbonate windshield is impact resistant, offering superior impact performance compared to acrylic windshields. The patent-pending windshield was designed in response to the success of the Bell 407 polycarbonate windshield and offers multiple safety benefits. The windshield deflects objects away from the cockpit and significantly decreases the likelihood of objects breaching the windshield upon impact. The Bell 206 polycarbonate windshield is additionally available for installation on customer aircraft in countries beyond the U.S. and Canada.
“The polycarbonate windshield is truly a safety enhancement for our customers. It was developed in response to our customers requesting a design to increase the reliability, safety and performance of their aircraft,” said Lunceford.
The 206B main rotor blade’s composite material is molded to precise airfoil specifications for increased aerodynamic efficiency, strength and stiffness. With more than three times the life-limit compared to conventional metal blades, the blades provide corrosion protection, easier repairs and decreased operating cost including overhauls.
“Van Horn Aviation is proud to offer our latest innovative product in composite rotor blades for Bell 206 owners in Canada,” said Dean Rosenlof, president for Van Horn Aviation.

Aircraft Technical Publishers has announced the ATP Aviation Hub Mobile Application, the next evolution in anytime, anywhere information access. Designed to boost industry safety, aircraft utilization, and operational efficiency, it provides maintenance providers with online and offline access to mission critical maintenance, operating, and regulatory content.

ATP’s new mobile solution will complement and extend the power of the ATP Aviation Hub Cloud Application, an integrated suite of “smart content” services that enables maintenance providers to drive improvements in productivity, cost savings, and aircraft utilizations, while also preventing costly regulatory lapses. The software as a service (SaaS) platform integrates maintenance and regulatory content with workflows to enable customers to streamline and manage previously time-intensive and disconnected processes, including maintenance tracking, parts inventory tracking, ordering information, tool compliance, and employee training/certifications tracking.

“Our mission is to help our customers achieve a much higher level of productivity—as well as aircraft uptime and safety—by integrating mission critical content directly into maintenance workflows. We’re also helping the industry as a whole to evolve to unprecedented levels of operational efficiency by integrating and streamlining these processes,” said Charles Picasso, who took the helm as ATP’s new CEO in 2015. “The ATP Aviation Hub Mobile App is an important next step in our vision of smart content services and seamless interconnectivity. With our mobile app, maintenance providers can access this vital content how and when they want, no matter where they are around the globe.”

The initial release of the mobile application will focus on providing customers online and offline access to ATP Maintenance Libraries—a comprehensive, single-source library of general aviation maintenance, operating, and regulatory content. ATP Maintenance Libraries helps customers save significant time and effort by consolidating and organizing thousands of publications from hundreds of manufacturers, in addition to the world’s leading regulatory agencies. ATP claims to be the industry’s only organization that links the most comprehensive maintenance information directly from 54 aircraft manufacturers and more than 200 component manufacturers to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date content.

The first release of the ATP Aviation Hub Mobile App will also provide customers with the company’s “Profile and Compliance” tool— ATP’s industry standard-setting service for the last two decades that ensures proper compliance tracking for Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and Service Bulletins (SBs).

The new mobile app extends the reach of the ATP Aviation Hub by providing users with additional options to access the cloud platform tools and services. It enables users to run the application on mobile devices—such as smart phones, tablets, and laptops—that run on Windows, iOS, or Android platforms. Users can also download the application to run on any Windows desktop computer, as an additional option for convenient and flexible access.

“As general aviation continues to grow more complex, we believe it will be critical for the industry as a whole to embrace new technologies that advance safety and improve efficiency,” said Stanko Paleksic, manager, Fleet Technical Support, at Viking Air. “At Viking Air, we’re committed to innovations that help the industry evolve through greater interconnectivity and smarter information management. The ATP Aviation Hub Cloud and Mobile Applications are truly leading edge innovations that support our goals and provide tremendous value to our customers by reinforcing their safety and compliance efforts as well as boosting efficiency.”

The ATP Aviation Hub Mobile App will be generally available in January, 2017. It is being demonstrated at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Booth #825.

Air Mauritius has signed a five-year technology and services deal with IBM for Cloud and Analytics technology services.

The Mauritian airline, the fourth largest in Africa, will use the IBM Cloud and analytics-enabled enterprise planning solution to better manage budgeting cycles, decrease turnaround time for processing data and boost its capacity to uncover predictive insights directly from data to enhance customer experience.

The IBM solution will also harmonize Air Mauritius’ data management infrastructure, providing a single platform to accommodate past, current and future data for business analysis with the same level of granularity. This should result in enhanced operational efficiencies and improved services  for customer enquiries and flight bookings.

The deal, which will be implemented in collaboration with KPMG South Africa, will allow the airline to overhaul its enterprise planning processes using the statistical analysis and visualizations of IBM’s Watson Analytics. This will allow authorized personnel across the organisation to have analytical insights from the company’s data, enhancing internal communications and customer experiences. It will also provide an integrated environment for critical, real-time scenario planning and performance management.

Operating out of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius, its main hub, Air Mauritius serves 24 regional and international destinations.

“We are witnessing increased competition across the aviation industry to improve organizational efficiency and enhance customer experience by adopting the latest technologies,” says Jananda Moothoo, Country General Manager, IBM Mauritius. “IBM’s cloud and analytics technology is helping Air Mauritius to improve efficiencies and accelerate growth and global relevance.”