Oakenhurst Aircraft Services has opened a dedicated oxygen system workshop at its headquarters in Rayleigh, U.K. Oakenhurst is adding this repair station to other oxygen systems repair and overhaul shop in Boryspil, Kiev, to keep up with increasing demand. The new workshop will provide repair and overhaul capabilities for fixed oxygen systems, portable oxygen systems, oxygen masks, regulators, smoke hoods and passenger service units. The workshop will provide hydrostatic testing and repair and overhaul as required.

STS Component Solutions has appointed Armando Barroso to its team as director, business development for engines, APUs and landing gear. Barroso has more than 26 years of aerospace experience in marketing, sales, engineering, asset management and process improvement. Airframes

AFI KLM E&M and Lybian operator Afriqiyah Airways have resumed their cooperation after a year hiatus in their contract due to political events. The 2008 contract between the two entities has been reactivated following an amendment signed in November. The agreement continues to involve pool access and component repairs for the Libyan carrier's A320 and A330 fleets. It also includes maintenance checks on these aircraft. Afriqiyah's fleet parked at the Tripoli International Airport had been damaged during hostilities.

PAS Technologies has appointed Tom Hutton as CEO. Hutton comes to the position with more than 25 years of aerospace experience in operational and executive roles. Most recently, Hutton served as VP of Pratt & Whitney's Global Service Partners. Phil Milazzo will continue to serve as the company's president and will lead PAS' business development and customer relationship activities. PAS Technologies also appointed Ronnie Ali to be general manager of its Miramar, Fla. facility, which produces platings for engine and landing gear components.

Virgin Australia will roll out an IFE system that streams content to passengers' laptop computers and other portable devices via WiFi. Virgin Australia will be using Lufthansa Services' BoardConnect IFE platform, which is to be installed beginning mid-year. The first stage of the program will involve proving flights on a Boeing 737-800. Eventually the system will be on 48 of the carrier's aircraft. Virgin America is also a BoardConnect customer. Parts/Components

Optimized Systems and Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce, has signed a contract with flydubai to support the airline's fuel conservation initiatives and to assist in European Union emissions monitoring, reporting and verification. This is the first time that flydubai has implemented a fuel management system.

KLM Engineering & Maintenance will appoint Ton Dortmans as executive VP effective Feb. 1. He sill succeed Peter de Swert. Dortmans will be responsible for maintenance of the KLM fleet, part of the Air France fleet and all third parties served by Air France and KLM. He will lead a team of about 5,500 employees and will report to KLM President and CEO Peter Hartman. Prior to this position, Dortmans served as SVP operations at KLM E&M.

BEIJING—In early 2008, Avic I, as it was then, announced it was setting up an airline that would buy its regional airliners, a move that had many industry watchers perplexed. To any trenchant doubter of China's future in civil aeronautics, it must have seemed that the product, the 50-60-seat MA60 turboprop, was so uncompetitive that Avic I could only sell it to itself.