SIA Engineering Signs IFE Parasida President of Global
Maintenance Contract Services & Support
SIA Engineering Co., Singapore, has entered into a10- Boeing’s $8-billion Global Services & Support (GS&S)
year agreement with Panasonic Avionics Corp. to main- business has a new president, Anthony Parasida, who
tain the in-flight entertainment (IFE) manufacturer’s has 31 years experience with the company. From GS&S
eX2 system installed in Singapore Airlines’ newest fleet headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., he will be in charge of
of aircraft. The eX2 IFE system is fitted in the carrier’s a business that employs 17,000 in more than 260 loca-
Airbus A380, A330, A340-500 and Boeing 777-300ER tions around the world, including in Australia, Saudi
aircraft. The contact largely covers line maintenance for Arabia, UK and at active military theaters, as well as in
the eX2 system, including trouble-shooting, rectifica- the United States.
tion and functionality checks to insure its operational A unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, GS&S
reliability. provides after-delivery support for military aircraft that
This is not the first agreement between the two com- include the KC-135, KC-10, B-52, A-10 Thunderbolt,
panies. In July 2007, SIA Engineering and Panasonic C-130 Hercules, F/A-18E/F and C-17 Globemaster III.
signed a seven-year maintenance agreement to service The company also supports the AH-64 Apache and
the 2000e and 3000 IFE systems on board Singapore CH-47 Chinook helicopters.
Airlines aircraft. Parasida formerly was vice president and general man-
ager for Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare & Intelligence,
TIMCO to Provide Line
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems within Boeing
Maintenance to USA 3000
Military Aircraft. In addition, he once was program man-
TIMCO Aviation Services, Greensboro, N.C., has entered ager of the P-8A maritime aircraft program.
into an agreement with USA3000 Airlines to provide line
maintenance at all of the MRO’s line locations for the
Nacelle Restoration Offered for V2500-A5
carrier’s Airbus A320-214 aircraft. TIMCO has more than
Engines
17 line locations in the United States and plans expand to Bombardier Customer Services has announced an
new locations. enhanced overhaul capability for the International Aero
Founded in 2001, USA3000 offers passenger service to Engines V2500-A5 engine nacelle at is facilities in Belfast,
21 locations in four countries. The airline also is head- Ireland, and Dallas, Texas. Citing Bombardier’s experi-
quartered in Greensboro. ence with the V2500-A5—which powers the Airbus A319,
A320 and A321—Stephen Addis, director of Bombardier
Vietnam Air Pens Engine, APU
Customer Services in Belfast, says, “Rather than replacing
Maintenance Deals
complete components, we can now restore panels to their
Vietnam Airlines has signed a three-year contract original specification while still maintaining their acoustic
with Lufthansa Technik AG to provide maintenance properties.”
and overhaul for the turboprop engines that power The nacelle’s inlet cowl acoustic panels are made of a
the carrier’s ATR72 fleet. The German-based MRO composite sandwich structure covered by steel-wire mesh.
will work on the PW124 engines powering Vietnam Bombardier technicians will strip back the panel to the
Airlines’ seven ATR72-200s and the PW127s on its 16 backing tray and build it up, ensuring the component’s
ATR72-500s. structural and acoustic integrity. The restoration was
Lufthansa Technik also gained an extended con- designed to cost much less than the panel’s replacement.
tract to service Vietnam Air’s auxiliary power units
(APUs). The renewed contract calls for work on
Hamilton Sunstrand APS3200 APUs in the Asian car-
rier’s fleet of Airbus A321s.
Continental Selects AAR to
Install 757 Winglets
Continental Airlines chose AAR Aircraft Services to
install winglets on 16 of its Boeing 757-300 aircraft.
The modifications will be performed at AAR’s main-
tenance, repair and overhaul facility at Indianapolis
(Ind.) International Airport. The company, headquar-
tered in Wood Dale, Ill., has more than 6,000 people
employed in over 60 locations around the world.
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