March 2014

From March 19-21, ARSA held its 2014 Annual Repair Symposium. The event highlighted the association’s legislative and regulatory successes this year and provided members with up-to-date information critical to navigating the current regulatory environment.

The Symposium began Wednesday with a successful Legislative Day on Capitol Hill. Members spoke with their lawmakers about the economic importance of the MRO industry, the need for robust technical workforce development programs, and how to mitigate congressional micromanagement by highlighting that “safety is good business.”

On Thursday, panelists provided association members with updates on the key government initiatives that will impact the aviation industry, developments regarding air certification and maintenance oversight programs, customer collaboration, and business opportunities related to cloud technology.

Members also heard from ARSA President Gary Jordan, who highlighted the association’s successes in key regulatory and legislative areas while looking forward to great work ahead. Jordan also highlighted ARSA 20/20, a strategic plan unveiled in October 2013 that provides a roadmap to help its members safely navigate the turbulent skies of the future. (For more, see ARSA President’s Message, below.)

To review or re-live the Symposiums events and content, please visit the 2014 materials page.  If you were there, please take a moment to complete the feedback survey. Let us know what we did well, what we can do better, and what you’d like to see on next year’s agenda.

Mark your calendars for next year’s symposium, which will which will take place on March 18-20, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City. We hope to see you there, and that you’ll consider making your company an integral and visible part of the event by sponsoring the in 2015. 

A light, steady rain could not dampen the enthusiasm of ARSA members in Washington on March 19. Legislative Day attendees crisscrossed Capitol Hill, piling into the elevators of the various House and Senate office buildings to directly engage staff and members of Congress on key issues for the aviation maintenance industry.

After a morning kick-off and panel discussion on industry legislative priorities, members conducted nearly 40 meetings with congressional leaders, including Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Reps. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).  ARSA members educated Congress on workforce development issues, the importance of effective government/industry relationships, and the economic impact of international MRO operations. (For more, see ARSA On the Hill, below.)

ARSA supports its members in all of their legislative advocacy by providing them with comprehensive priorities for each congressional session. We are standing by to help you connect with your lawmakers.

It Works: Symposium Engagement Creates FAA Action

By Crystal Maguire, Vice President of Operations

During the association’s 2014 Annual Repair Symposium “Opening Salvo” with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Certification Office, an ARSA member informed the agency that some of its designees are still insisting on putting “Domestic Shipment Only” or “Not for Export” on FAA Form 8130-3s for new articles. The company was told that the practice was being taught to designees during FAA training even though it is no longer required by regulation or guidance material. The result is unnecessary delays and increased costs when foreign customers subsequently reject the parts.

The FAA representatives at the event agreed that the practice was not required and promised to look into the matter. Subsequently, the agency verified that the instructions were not being provided by its training and has agreed to issue an internal memorandum to ensure its personnel are not incorrectly advising industry that the verbiage is mandatory.

ARSA Honors Neil R. Eisner

ARSA announces an exciting opportunity for members to help publicize the positive impact of our industry. The association has contracted with Leading Edge (http://www.leadingedgeseries.com/) to produce a series of videos about aviation maintenance.

Including a 6-minute documentary hosted by former Dallas Cowboys Head Coach and sports broadcaster Jimmy Johnson, the series will provide insight about the broad impact of MRO on the economies, industries, and peoples of the world. The series will reach an influential and well-informed audience through distribution to public television stations in all 50 states as well as in short ads on networks like MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC.

In addition to running on broadcast and cable television, the videos will be distributed online and made available for ARSA and member use. Altogether, these resources will become important tools to educate the media, lawmakers, voters, and current and prospective workers  about the industry’s economic and safety contributions to world markets.

Play a Starring Role
You can join us in this effort by sponsoring the project. Not only will you be helping us to provide valuable knowledge to a broad constituency, you will be a part of the work. A $7,500 contribution will provide your company:

• Recognition as a supporter during the documentary and profile credits, and in ARSA project marketing materials;
• The opportunity to submit b-roll footage for possible inclusion; and
• A sneak peak at the videos for review and comment.

To become a sponsor, complete and submit this form. You will be invoiced for your contribution.

On March 13, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it is seeking comments on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that would require drug and alcohol testing of maintenance personnel who work on aircraft operated by U.S. air carriers (part 121) in facilities outside the United States.

To comply with congressional mandate, the agency is considering developing a rule that would require employees of FAA-certificated foreign repair stations and other maintenance providers who perform safety-sensitive work on U.S. air carrier aircraft to be subject to a drug and alcohol testing program, which would have to meet FAA standards and be consistent with the applicable laws of the country where the repair station is located.

“ARSA looks forward to ensuring the congressionally mandated drug and alcohol testing requirements are implemented ‘consistent with the applicable laws of the country in which the repair station is located,’” said ARSA Executive Director Sarah MacLeod. “Final action cannot be allowed to jeopardize the delicate framework of international civil aviation agreements and national sovereignty. ARSA encourages the international aviation community to submit comments and urge their governments to do the same.”

Questions the  FAA is seeking comments on include:

• Which drugs are most misused in a particular country?  If testing programs exist, are they administered by a national regulatory authority? Are industry participants required to establish such programs under the country’s laws and regulations, or does industry do that voluntarily?
• Should the program require testing for the same drugs the FAA requires tests for in the United States? At what concentrations should alcohol and drug tests be considered “positive?”
• Does a particular country allow or require random drug and/or alcohol testing?  If so, what is the process?
• If a country does not allow or require random drug and/or alcohol testing, are there laws that prohibit random testing? What other methods might successfully deter employees from misusing drugs or alcohol while performing safety-sensitive duties, or within a certain period of time before performing such duties?  How would such misuse be detected?
• What are the standards that employees who have violated drug and alcohol regulations should meet before they are allowed to return to performing safety-sensitive maintenance work?

Comments are due Friday, May 16, 2014.

Stay tuned to ARSA for more on this developing story.

By ARSA Staff

On March 12, ARSA and TeamSAI Consulting (TeamSAI) released the 2014 Global MRO Market Economic Assessment. The study provides a 10-year forecast of the global air transport maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) market and examines the aviation maintenance industry’s current economic and employment impact.

“The [economic] report is a valuable new tool,” stated ARSA Executive Vice President Christian Klein. “It will help our members plan for the future, help the public better understand how repair stations fit into the economy, and help policymakers understand the economic implications of laws and regulations that affect repair stations.”

The next day, ARSA used the report’s findings to illustrate for Congress the significant economic impact the industry has in communities across the country and urged lawmakers to keep the sector’s contributions and safety record in mind when considering legislative proposals. (For more, see ARSA on the Hill, below.)

“To ensure the U.S. aviation maintenance industry remains internationally relevant, repair stations must be able to compete globally.  Congress and the administration should encourage the negotiation of more bilateral aviation safety  agreements (BASAs), respect our current international aviation accords, and refrain from  micromanaging the aviation maintenance sector through unnecessary mandates that offer no flight safety benefit,” said ARSA Vice President of Legislative Affairs Daniel B. Fisher.

To highlight the global importance of aviation maintenance, the report describes a vibrant $57.7 billion worldwide commercial MRO industry that is expected to grow to $86.8 billion in the next decade. TeamSAI also analyzed the flow of trade between various regions and market conditions in specific maintenance sub-sectors (airframe, engine, component and line maintenance).

“For over 14 years now, TeamSAI has been proud of its role to quantify and clarify for MRO industry leaders the various opportunities and risks facing their businesses. This year is no exception, with significant analysis of repatriation opportunities for many airframe MROs as well as an in-depth analysis of cross-border MRO import/export flows,” said David A. Marcontell, TeamSAI president and COO.

On March 4, President Obama submitted his fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget to Congress and the aviation industry was distinctly in his crosshairs.

The administration is once again proposing a new $100 per flight surcharge for the use of the air traffic control system, an idea overwhelmingly opposed by the aviation industry. Additionally, the budget recommends increasing passenger security fees (from $5.60 to $6.00) just three months after Congress enacted legislation to raise them. Beginning July 1 , passengers will pay $5.60 one-way, regardless of connections ($11.20 roundtrip); if the president has his way, the fee will be increased to $6.00 per one-way trip.

Meanwhile, the Obama budget calls for a 2.2 percent cut in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) gross total funding level in FY 2015 (details of funding levels for specific FAA operations programs were not released). The biggest cut would be in the Airport Improvement Program, a fund used for airport construction.

Overall, the administration proposes increased fees on the aviation community while doing nothing to address an FAA inspector shortage and delayed certifications. Fortunately, as in past years, very little of the president’s proposal will ever receive serious consideration.

Editor’s Note: ARSA President Gary Jordan provided members with an overview of the association’s recent activities and goals in remarks delivered at the 2014 Annual Repair Symposium’s Membership Meeting and Breakfast. The following is the text of Mr. Jordan’s prepared remarks. It is provided in this edition of  the hotline in place of Legal Briefs in order to provide members with a comprehensive year-in-review.

Good morning, I’m Gary Jordan, ARSA’s 2014 president and president of Jordan Propeller Service.

I would like to officially call the 2014 annual membership meeting to order and on behalf of the board of directors, welcome you to this year’s symposium.

I’d first like to introduce the board of directors if they’d please stand when I call their names.

Each segment of the industry is represented on ARSA’s Board. First, ARSA vice president and Sonico’s vice president of sales, Jim Perdue, along with Gary Fortner of Fortner Engineering, represent component maintenance, which makes up the vast majority of ARSA membership.

The association’s treasurer, Gary Hudnall, ensures general aviation interests are on the radar.

Ian Cheyne of BBA’s Dallas Airmotive represents engine maintenance providers.

Dave Latimer, from TIMCO, represents companies that work on large aircraft.

Chris Erickson from Erickson AirCrane represents the helicopter industry.

I’d like to welcome to the board our newest director: Warner Calvo, who represents the Association’s international members and is the Quality and Safety Director at Coopesa—a company with fifty years servicing customers from all latitudes in the Western Hemisphere.

And finally, Basil Barimo of the NORDAM Repair Group, who couldn’t be here this week, ensures various corporate, business, and airline maintenance issues are addressed.

The big news this past year: Nearly a decade after a congressional mandate banned FAA certification of new foreign repair stations, the TSA issued its repair station security rule in January.

Regulatory delay finally yielded to congressional pressure and the threat of legislative action. If not for the hard work of ARSA’s legislative team and active member companies highlighting TSA’s delay, we’d likely still be urging Congress to lift the ban.

The team is now working hard to help members comply with the new rule. In the last few months, the Association developed a security compliance checklist, held educational webinars, and communicated with TSA officials to ensure both government and industry understand the rule’s practical implications. There are still some wrinkles to iron out, but rest assured association staff will continue to push on TSA until security requirements are clearly understood by, and communicated to industry.

The next big thing on the association’s legislative agenda is FAA reauthorization; the current FAA funding bill expires in September 2015. In years past, the industry was forced to play defense as lawmakers, bombarded with false safety and economic information about contract maintenance, considered proposals detrimental to repair stations. This year, ARSA has positioned itself to proactively engage key aviation policymakers early in the process. With the help of active members, we look forward to helping to craft a bill that we can be proud of, not only for what we prevented from happening, but also for what affirmative action we took to ensure industry benefits for years to come.

Wednesday’s Legislative Day is a great example of how much ARSA’s legislative program has grown. For example, in 2003, 14 attendees participated in the annual fly-in and on Wednesday, more than 50 members attended nearly 40 meetings with their members of Congress. Through this kind of direct engagement and collective action, this association can ensure that our voices are heard and that our representatives and senators lead the way in advancing our cause.

ARSA’s political action committee also continues to grow. The PAC is the maintenance industry’s vehicle for supporting congressional candidates who are supportive of the association’s policy priorities. This past year the Part 145 Club grew to 21 members and over $7,000 in personal contributions. With pivotal midterm elections coming up, I hope the U.S. citizens in the room will join me and make a pledge to support ARSA PAC. I hope all of you will consider participating in ARSA’s political program and getting involved in the 2014 elections. Remember: the people elected this fall will be ones writing the next FAA bill. There’s no better time than before the election – when they need your vote – to start educating them about your company we get their vote when the bill comes to floor.

Whether it was through facility visits for lawmakers and staff, grassroots action, or attending political events, ARSA members have made great strides in the legislative arena. Nonetheless, threats and opportunities abound on Capitol Hill, and if we all choose to act when given the opportunity, ARSA’s legislative team will continue to make great strides on our behalf.

You’ve heard a lot about ARSA’s regulatory advocacy activities these past few days; however, one of the association’s biggest projects this year was laying the groundwork to improve consistency of regulatory interpretation.

In November of 2012, the Consistency in Regulatory Interpretation Aviation Rulemaking Committee (or as Sarah calls it, the “cry arc”) made various recommendations which included a methodology to ensure proper classification and resolution of inconsistent application of regulations.

In an apparent effort to implement the recommendation, in December the FAA issued a memorandum dictating the cancellation of all “unofficial” guidance materials. We can all imagine the extremely negative consequences this memo would have on current understandings with our local offices; thus, ARSA joined industry colleagues asking for the memo’s withdrawal or, at the very least, its delay, until a methodology for gathering, reviewing, and incorporating all guidance and policy information can be established and implemented.

To that end, ARSA is developing a database to gather and organize any and all agency-issued documentation that explain or interpret regulations. It all would be organized by the regulation it supports; aiding both industry and the agency in collection and consolidation efforts. The database would also provide a mechanism for addressing regulatory questions or disputes based on facts and the applicable regulations and guidance.

The system would be available to ARSA members and would further the association’s greatest member benefit: access to regulatory expertise. So stay tuned!

In other association news, in October ARSA unveiled its strategic plan, ARSA 20/20. The plan provides a roadmap to help its members safety navigate the turbulent skies of the future including elevating ARSA’s international presence and promoting uniform application of existing rules and regulations. The plan is available for review and comment on ARSA’s website; we hope you will take the time to provide feedback on this important document.

In furtherance of the strategic plan, the Board of Directors approved a bylaw amendment in October that restructured the member categories to better align with today’s industry segments. Among other things, the restructure created a membership category for students and learning institutions to further ARSA’s workforce development initiatives.

To that end, the Association also entered into a formal exchange relationship with our friends at the Aviation Technician Education Council. The association is supporting that organization’s efforts to update maintenance technician schools’ regulatory curriculum requirements and ensure incoming certificated mechanics are prepared to fill twenty-first century aviation maintenance jobs.

In addition to ATEC, this past year ARSA partnered with many other organizations to expand its member services, products, and influence. You’ve heard about the association’s partnership with Team SAI to provide economic industry data and develop other long-term projects on industry metrics. We are also very excited about our affiliation with NATA compliance services—with whom we will provide drug and alcohol management tools to the industry—as well as the production company Leading Edge.

As part our ongoing PR efforts on behalf of the industry, ARSA will work with Leading Edge this year to create a series of short videos to run on public television highlighting the aviation maintenance industry. You can be a part of this work. ARSA is now soliciting sponsorship for the project; interested companies will receive recognition in the documentary’s credits and marketing materials. If you’re interested, sponsor forms are available at the registration desk and on ARSA’s website.

The association also worked to expand and improve its online training program. The pre-recorded webinar library is available on ARSA’s website and includes twenty-five sessions on topics such as the use and availability of ICA, major minor repairs and alterations, enforcement processes, answering a letter of investigation, regulations impacting the sale and purchase of aircraft parts and much, much more. The pre-recorded webinar library will continue to expand as live sessions are held every month. I encourage all of you to take advantage of this fantastic member benefit if you haven’t already.

In conclusion, I’d like to take a moment to brag on the caliber of ARSA’s membership, illustrated by the number of respondents on this past week’s member survey. Twenty percent of members completed it online, which is an impressively high number in the world of surveys. It is a testament to the level of engagement ARSA enjoys from its membership and something we should all be very proud of.

We look forward to an equally engaged audience for this afternoon’s symposium feedback survey. Watch your email for a link to the survey as well as electronic conference materials. Your input is vital to ensuring that ARSA can serve you even better at next year’s symposium. Mark your calendars: it is scheduled for March 18-20, 2015 here at the Ritz Carlton. I look forward to seeing you there.

As ARSA’s President, I pledge to ensure the association continues to push the envelope. I thank the ARSA staff for their continued hard work on our behalf. It is truly a special organization, one dedicated to the progress of our industry, and I am proud to play such a key role.

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ARSA on the Hill

Regulatory Outlook

An Overview of the FAA – Tomorrow

Final Documents/Your Two Cents

This list includes Federal Register publications, such as final rules, Advisory Circulars, and policy statements, as well as proposed rules and policies of interest to ARSA members. Read more at http://arsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hlMar14-FDYTC-20140331.pdf.

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Quality Time

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed by contributing authors do not necessarily state or reflect those of ARSA, and shall not be used for endorsement purposes.

Import Classification for Repair Stations

Seller beware – Measure Twice Cut Once

Membership

Member Spotlight: TIMCO Aviation Services – Greensboro, NC

TIMCO Aviation Services was founded in 1990 with a core business of airframe base maintenance. It has since added a variety of shop and line-maintenance services and in February 2014 became a stand-alone subsidiary of HAECO—one of the largest providers of MRO services in the world. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, TIMCO businesses operate at locations throughout the United States.

TIMCO recently drew the attention of CNBC’s Where the Jobs Are series. With looming retirements and global air traffic forecast to grow by 5% a year until 2032, the company has been reaching out to schools and community groups to attract applicants and establish training programs for their needs. In a full day visit to their facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport, Business News Reporter Mary Thompson highlighted these efforts by TIMCO to build a sustainable talent pipeline right in their back yard.

The coverage was an opportunity for TIMCO both to educate the general public about the economic impact of the aviation maintenance market and also to show the members of their community how they can thrive together. It also gave Vice President of Industry & Government Relations Kip Blakely a chance to work with the media to highlight not just where the jobs are, but who TIMCO is as well.

“We were excited about the opportunity to participate in the Where the Jobs Are series, as it gave us a great opportunity to highlight the challenge our industry is facing with regard to skilled labor and to showcase some of the measures we are taking to try to help solve the problem in the communities where we operate.” He added, “Our work with our industry colleagues through ARSA has provided a strong basis to help us better understand the state of our industry, and has also encouraged us to find ways we can work together to bolster its strength and success in the future.”

Through ARSA, all members are able to share in the exposure generated by this kind of coverage. TIMCO has been an ARSA member since 2000.

For more information, visit http://www.timco.aero/.

Are you an ARSA member who would like to be in the “Member Spotlight?” If so, please contact Brett Levanto at brett.levanto@potomac-law.com. 

Have You Seen This Person?

Each month, the hotline spotlights key regulatory, legislative, and business leaders making important contributions to the aviation industry. This month we look at Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security

Jeh Charles Johnson was sworn in on December 23, 2013 as the fourth Secretary of Homeland Security. Prior to joining DHS, Secretary Johnson served as General Counsel for the Department of Defense, where he led the more than 10,000 military and civilian lawyers and oversaw the development of the legal aspects of many of our nation’s counterterrorism policies, spearheaded reforms to the military commissions system at Guantanamo Bay in 2009, and co-authored the 250-page report that paved the way for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010.

Secretary Johnson’s career has included extensive service in national security, law enforcement, and as an attorney in private corporate law practice. Secretary Johnson was General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force from 1998 to 2001, and he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1989 to 1991.

In private law practice, Secretary Johnson was a partner with the New York City-based law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. In 2004, Secretary Johnson was elected a Fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Secretary Johnson graduated from Morehouse College in 1979 and received his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1982.

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Exhibit, Sponsor the 2015 Repair Symposium

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A Member Asked…

Check Out ARSA’s Library of Recorded Webinars and Online Training Classes

ARSA is pleased to announce that recorded online training classes and webinars are now available for member purchase. Check back often as courses will be continually added. Read more at http://arsa.org/training-2/online-training/.

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Welcome New Members

• Alkan Air – Cairo, Egypt
• Av8 MRO, LLC – Houston, TX
• SEAL Aciation, LLC – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• T&W Electric Service, Inc. – Lakeview, MI

Regulatory Compliance Training

Test your knowledge on § 145.109 ratings.

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AVMRO

AVMRO Industry Roundup

ARSA monitors media coverage on aviation maintenance to spread the word about the valuable role repair stations play in their communities by providing jobs and economic opportunities and in civic engagement. These are some of this month’s top stories highlighting the industry’s contributions.

International Jet Aviation’s Dream Chaser 4 Lifts Spirits of Make-A-Wish Kids (AIN Online)

Senior’s Profit Rises on Higher Demand for Aircraft Parts (Reuters)

United Airlines Opens New Widebody Hangar at Newark Liberty (Wall Street Journal)

New Businesses Set to Bring 150 Jobs to Santa Teresa (Fox14 – Texas)

Want a Job in a Fast Growing Industry? Look to the Skies (CNBC)

More Than 4,500 Attend Women In Aviation Conference (AIN Online)

AAR Hosts Career Day for Miami Central Students (AIN Online)

Free Online Course From ERAU (AV Web)

Jet Aviation St. Louis Wins Diamond Award for Excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration for Second Consecutive Year (Aviation Pros)

Good Deeds: ATS Donates 747 Aft Flap for EvCC (The Herald Business Journal)

Aircraft Mechanics Recruited in San Bernardino County Program (San Bernadino Sun)

Fla. group partners with JetBlue to expand aviation opportunities (NewsChief.com)

Tempus Jets Builds MRO Business in Maine (AIN Online)

AerSale Receives EASA Certification and New Mexico Sales Tax Exemption (Aviation Pros)

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International News

Fleet-related dynamics in the Asia Pacific to influence the demand for qualified technical personnel

The last several years have been especially favourable for the aviation industry in the Asia-Pacific, especially so for the local low cost carriers. According to the latest estimates, at the moment there are 47 LCCs in the region, operating around 1,000 aircraft and accounting for about 20% of the region’s seat capacity. With the growing appetite of Asian travellers as concerns cheap air travel solutions, most of the major aircraft manufacturers have released a number of impressive forecasts with regard to aircraft demand in the Asia Pacific. However, as there are signs that the local fleets are actually outgrowing the existing demand, local carriers will probably be not the only ones to face certain challenges.

“As more and more carriers may choose to dispose of the older, less-fuel-efficient aircraft to keep up yields, the focus of the MRO providers will inevitably shift as well, since the market share of the new generation aircraft will naturally increase. However, the new technologies used in the new models require to apply new inspection and maintenance techniques, and imply the global deficiency of staff capable of performing such operations. Therefore, the region might face the growing demand for the requalification of the current generation of technicians. This, in turn, is likely to become a major challenge to the local training providers, since such processes are especially time-costly. Thus, even the most remote possibility of such changes in demand must be addressed by the relevant players with all the seriousness,” concludes Kestutis Volungevicius

Read more…

International Roundup

To provide more international coverage, ARSA presents a monthly roundup of world events pertaining to the industry.

SIA Engineering Supports SilkAir (Air Transport World)

Fokker Performs Russian Modifications (Air Transport World)

Monarch Aircraft Engineering Academy Celebrates First 1,650 Engineers Trained (Aviation Pros)

Bombardier Inaugurates Regional Support Office in Toluca, Mexico (AVI Trader)

Tigerair Australia Expands Partnership with BAE Systems (AVI Trader)

Air Works India Wins Aircraft Maintenance Contract from Dana Executive Jets (Times of India)

GMF AeroAsia Reaches Agreement with Sriwijaya Air and Honeywell (AVI Trader)

Lufthansa Technik’s Good Result Creates Foundation for Investment (AVI Trader)

New Home for Lufthansa Technik’s Central Materials Technology (AVI Trader)

Tigerair Signs Deal for Long-Term Fleet Renewal and Expansion (Air Transport News)

Boeing, Iraqi Airways Partner with Non-Profit Organization to Bring Smiles to Children in Iraq (Air Transport News)

MTU Maintenance Signs Contract with Saudi Aramco for Maintenance of CF34-8E Engines (AVI Trader)

Aircraft MRO Centre Will Increase People’s Income (National News Agency of Malaysia)

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