October 2019 - www.avitrader.com Heavy Maintenance Europe In focus: MRO News Trenchard Aviation from around the world Q&A: People on the Move Aeroset latest appointments Editor‘s Page 2 Positive trends in a challenging market he Europe MRO distribution market size is increased capital investment by opting for new anticipated to reach USD 219 .54 billion by equipment and processes, increasing investments T 2025 . It is projected to expand at a CAGR on MRO for repair of old and aged equipment is of 2 .5% from 2019 to 2025 . Increasing need likely to be a profitable option .This in turn is an- for development, maintenance, and repair of ticipated to drive the MRO distribution market in industrial equipment and services for different the region during the forecast years . Published monthly by industries is expected to drive regional growth . AviTrader Publications Corp. The introduction of e-commerce platforms, which The global recession of 2008-09 had a severe im- helps market players achieve higher productiv- Suite 305, South Tower pact on almost every industrial sector in Europe .As ity and offer them smooth access to target mar- 5811 Cooney Road a result, in the post-recession period most of the ketplaces, is the most imperative trend which is Richmond, British Columbia industrial sectors have reformed their operational currently influencing the Europe MRO distribution V6X 3M1 activities to enhance their rate of investment . market positively . 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Finance News . 28 Opinion Information Technology . 33 Cover story: Heavy Maintenance – Europe . 35 Please send your comments Company profile: Trenchard Aviation Group . 39 and queries to [email protected] Airlink . 41 Industry Interview: Mariano Longo, Founder Aeroset Limited . 43 People on the Move . 45 Other News . 45 AviTrader MRO - October 2019 MRO and Production News 4 tenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Pratt & Whitney PT6A and PW100 turboprop engines and the JT15D turbofan. C.A.T.S is a certified maintenance center for a wide range of aircraft from various manu- facturers, including Beechcraft, Cessna and Dornier, and an avionics dealership for Hon- eywell and FDS. The recently signed ser- vices agreement with StandardAero will allow C.A.T.S to ensure that its customers benefit from seamless engine MRO support, mini- mizing downtime while locking in competitive pricing. Commenting on the agreement, Pe- ter Sistare, Owner of C.A.T.S, said: “We are pleased to be able to extend our relationship with StandardAero. Most importantly they provide the right services to assist us with our customers in the field.” New passenger seats for Tayaran Jet SR Technics and Liebherr Aerospace renew their partnership Photo: Liebherr Aerospace Bulgarian carrier Tayaran Jet and JHAS, the Italian design manufacturer of aircraft seat- Liebherr-Aerospace signs new General StandardAero signs PW100/PT6A/ ing, have agreed on a partnership for the Terms of Agreement with SR Technics JT15D support agreement with Car- restyling of Tayaran Jet’s cabin with innova- olina Aviation Technical Services Liebherr-Aerospace and SR Technics have tive and customize seats. The development of economy class seats has been realized in renewed their partnership with a five-year StandardAero has signed a Services Agree- global service contract. The partners work synergy between the two companies, through ment with Carolina Aviation Technical Servic- hand in hand to support a fleet of more than studies, tests and detail analysis putting in the es (C.A.T.S), a Part 145 repair station based 500 aircraft operated by airlines around the center the needs of passengers and structur- world, including Airbus A320 Family and at Statesville Regional Airport (SVH) in North ing the seats to be Elegant, Refined and Ex- A330/A340 Family aircraft as well as Em- Carolina. The Agreement – which extends clusive in terms of Design, Comfort and Living braer E-Jets. In the five-year global service StandardAero’s long-running relationship Space. The result is an Economy Class seat agreement, Liebherr-Aerospace and SR Tech- with C.A.T.S – covers the provision of main- for a new way of Air Travel, “AURORA 2.0”. nics will provide services on air management systems and flight control systems to a global fleet of more than 500 aircraft; Liebherr from its facilities in Toulouse (France), Lindenberg (Germany) and its repair station in Singapore. Joramco signs new maintenance con- tracts with MNG Airlines and Ryanair Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enter- prise (DAE), have signed a new base main- tenance agreement with MNG Airlines, a Turkish cargo airline headquartered in Istan- bul, to perform three C checks on two A300 and one A330 aircraft of the carrier’s fleet, these checks are planned to commence be- tween December 2019 and February 2020. Furthermore, Irish budget airline Ryanair has selected Joramco as its base maintenance providor. Joramco will perform heavy checks on Ryanair’s Boeing 737 NG fleet. Ryanair has booked two parallel lines at Joramco’s facility for the upcoming winter season, com- mencing November this year until the end of “AURORA 2.0” seats for Tayaran Jet March 2020. Photo: Jhas AviTrader MRO - October 2019 MRO and Production News 5 fication and connectivity installation on a total of 24 Finnair aircraft in Hangar F at Václav Havel Airport Prague . As a result, all aircraft have a new cabin configuration and layout and Finnair customers can access internet and Finnair’s complimentary onboard Nordic Sky Portal during the flight . This was the industry’s first connectivity retrofit with the aircraft manu- facturer, Airbus . During the work performed in Prague, the aircraft underwent a modification of the cabin, called ‘Spaceflex’, consisting of the cabin reconstruction, increasing the num- ber of passenger seats, and replacement of the galleys and lavatories . At the same time, CSAT workers had to reinforce the fuselage to install the satellite antenna and its cover on top of the fuselage and distribute cables throughout the aircraft, including the cockpit and passenger CSAT modification project on Finnair’s fleet of Airbus narrow-body aircraft Photo: CSAT cabin . Subsequently, a wireless internet con- nection was launched and tested on board the Czech Airlines Technics finalizes cab- Wi-Fi network installation project for Finnair’s aircraft . During the flight, the antenna on the in modification for Finnair Airbus narrow-body aircraft . Finnair is one of fuselage receives a signal from the satellite, CSAT’s long-term Base Maintenance division which is distributed to passengers’ electronic Czech Airlines Technics (CSAT) has successfully clients . Throughout the course of the project, devices via Wi-Fi access points located in sev- completed a two-year cabin modification and CSAT employees completed the cabin modi- eral places around the cabin . Take Quantum Control of Your Business Industry Preferred ERP for Aviation MRO & Logistics Safe Adherence to Regulatory Compliance Real-time Integration with www.StockMarket.aero Streamline Operations & Optimize Performance Scalable to Support all Business Sizes VISIT US AT NBAA BOOTH #N2623 Visit www.componentcontrol.com to learn more +1 619.696.5400 • [email protected] AviTrader MRO - October 2019 MRO and Production News 7 has acquired comprehensive experience with changing landing gear . It has been offering line and base maintenance services for vari- ous types of aircraft since 1999 . LHT inks A380 main landing gear MRO license and asset agreement with Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace Systems and Lufthansa Technik have announced a first-of-its-kind licensing and asset agreement for Airbus A380 main landing gear Maintenance Re- pair and Overhaul (MRO) services . Under the agreement, which spans the life of the A380 program, Lufthansa Technik will be able to provide A380 main landing gear MRO services and access to assets support- ing customer layover schedules . To help Lufthansa Technik develop MRO capabili- ties for the A380 main landing gear, Col- lins Aerospace will provide training, parts Inflite’s Christoffer Creutz and Spairliners’ Benoît Rollier at MRO Europe and proprietary repair procedures, includ- Photo: Serena Parkin for Inflite ing access to technical publications re- Inflite MRO Services wins Spairliners the modernization of the on-board entertain- quired to perform A380 main landing gear contract for Embraer E-Jet compo- ment system, including the installation of fully MRO services . Lufthansa Technik will offer asset management services through access nent repair work HD-capable cabling . Fitting the airplane with to a collaboratively managed main land- HD monitors, a new surround-sound system, ing gears pool of Collins Aerospace . “This Inflite MRO-Services, part of the Inflite Group, and a WLAN with a media server brought the agreement will provide A380 operators has secured a new, long-term contract with cabin technically up to date . The cabin was with more options for their main landing Spairliners GmbH, the Lufthansa Technik/Air completely modernized, which included lay- gear MRO services from high-quality re- France Industries KLM Engineering & Main- ing of modern durable non-textile (NTF) floor- pair centers,” said Ajay Mahajan, president tenance JV business, to handle component ing . In addition to the cabin work, a ten-year of Landing Systems at Collins Aerospace .