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<strong>MRO</strong> and Production News<br />
8<br />
AAR signs 5-year contract to support Air<br />
Canada’s narrow-body Airbus fleet<br />
AAR has signed a five-year exclusive contract<br />
with Air Canada to support its fleet of 89 Airbus<br />
319, 320 and 321 narrow-body aircraft.<br />
The scheduled heavy maintenance will be<br />
performed at AAR’s maintenance, repair and<br />
overhaul (<strong>MRO</strong>) facility at Duluth International<br />
Airport. The five-year deal formally extends<br />
service that began under a letter of intent<br />
signed in October 2012. Work initially commenced<br />
at AAR’s aircraft maintenance facility<br />
in Miami and was transitioned to Duluth after<br />
AAR opened the new <strong>MRO</strong> in November of that<br />
year. AAR Aircraft Services – Duluth supports<br />
three lines of aircraft maintenance and 3<strong>05</strong><br />
jobs and is on track to add a fourth line in November,<br />
creating another 70 jobs.<br />
UTC Aerospace Systems receives Nadcap<br />
accreditation for composites<br />
AAR to support Air Canada’s narrow-body aircraft<br />
Photo: Air Canada<br />
UTC Aerospace Systems’ Engineered Polymer<br />
Products (EPP) facility in Jacksonville, Fla. recently<br />
received Nadcap (national aerospace<br />
and defense contractors accreditation program)<br />
accreditation for manufacture of aerospace<br />
composites. The company’s EPP team<br />
specializes in designing, manufacturing, testing<br />
and servicing acoustic and structural composite<br />
products for both military and commercial<br />
applications. Nadcap is a worldwide<br />
cooperative program comprising aerospace<br />
prime contractors to ensure competency, ca-<br />
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<strong>AviTrader</strong> <strong>MRO</strong> - May <strong>2014</strong>
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