Qualitair Engineering Services has completed four Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 Section 41 termination modifications for Riyadh-based Alsalam Aircraft. Work has started on a fifth. Lufthansa Technik has signed a memorandum of understanding with Belgian low-cost airline CityBird to undertake maintenance on five 737-800s. Cyprus Airways has contracted FLS Aerospace to provide component management support for two new Airbus A320s operated by charter airline subsidiary Eurocypria Airlines. A consignment of rotable spares will be based at Larnaca airport, Cyprus. Hong Kong's Dragonair has contracted SIA Engineering for technical and inventory management on two Boeing 747-300s bought from Singapore Airlines. The three-year agreement is worth S$30 million ($16.5 million). TRW Aeronautical Systems has signed a 10-year flight hour maintenance and asset management contract with Continental Express, Houston, Texas, in which the airline will buy access to spare line replacement units (LRUs) from Aeronautical Systems and pay for anticipated repairs and overhauls on a cost per flight hour basis. Valued at over $80 million, the contract is believed to be the single largest equipment supplier asset management deal in regional aircraft in terms of LRU numbers. Diamonite is converting a former Malév Hungarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 to VIP configuration for Russian oil company Luk Oil. Cascade Aerospace (formerly Conair) has been contracted by Southwest Airlines to undertake a two year programme of lap joint modifications to 22 of its Boeing 737-200/300s. Anglo Normandy has purchased the maintenance facilities and engineering staff of Gill Aviation, leaving the Newcastle-based regional airline to concentrate on its scheduled services. It plans to expand the existing business, which supports Gill's ATR 42/72 operations, to support other operators.

Source: Flight International