SR Technics establishes Kuala Lumpur team
SR Technics, part of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, has established its senior management team and recruited 17 technicians and four certifying technicians of Malaysian nationality for its new component repair facility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, due to open at the end of 2013.
ST Aerospace reports revenue growth for 1Q
ST Aerospace took in S$479 million ($390 million) in revenue in the first quarter, up 5% from the same quarter of 2012, but down 15% from the December quarter of last year.
Plastic Revolution
One of the best pieces of news in aircraft economics recently has been the continued improvement in composites structures. Better materials and more efficient manufacturing methods have allowed composites to substitute for an ever larger portion of aircraft weight and volume.
Help With the Heavy Work
The majority of engine, airframe and component maintenance is now outsourced. Major questions remain about how much these outsourced shares will grow, which firms will get the business and under what sort of contracts. But the bulk of the heavy work is going outside.
Faster, Fancier
US airports continue to change rapidly as new technologies affect both landside and airside operations, airports seek to tap new revenue sources and managers hope to control costs by looking at energy alternatives.
Shedding Jets Faster
Delta Air Lines’s plan to remove 66 SkyWest Bombardier CRJ200s from service and close its Comair subsidiary has renewed speculation about the fate of smaller and older jets in an age of high fuel prices that favors larger and newer aircraft.
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