EASA 145-approved Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo has added a maintenance approval by the Cayman CAA. It also holds approvals from Aruba and Bermuda. In 2007 Jet Aviation became the first, and remains the only, foreign MRO to offer business aviation maintenance services in the Moscow area. The company has also recently received EASA approval to expand its base and line maintenance service to include the Challenger 300 and Gulfstream G200.
Aviation International News » October 2010
September 30, 2010 - 7:28am
Owners of smartphones such as the BlackBerry and iPhone have been frustrated by the high cost of equipment that allows them to send and receive e-mail in-flight. TrueNorth Avionics is now offering an economical, compact, stand-alone product that plugs into any existing airborne telephone system and creates a Wi-Fi hot spot inside the aircraft that is compatible with most smartphones.
September 30, 2010 - 7:28am
The useful life of a given helicopter’s components can vary significantly depending upon its mission, making predictive maintenance challenging, but that might be changing.
September 30, 2010 - 7:26am
When it comes to part and component exchanges, the most dreaded word is billback. An operator with an AOG contacts a vendor, receives a quote for the exchange part and ships the old part as the vendor ships the new one. A flat-rate exchange price is common in the industry, but it is contingent on the condition of the returned part.
September 30, 2010 - 7:25am
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services installed a Lufthansa Technik Niceview moving map on a Learjet 60XR. The company completed the installation in two days, during which it also conducted a scheduled inspection to avoid any additional downtime. The Niceview moving-map system provides worldwide, high-resolution 3-D maps and virtual flights.
September 30, 2010 - 7:25am
Students enrolled in the airframe and powerplant mechanic program at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, Colo., are getting a first-class introduction to business aviation. West Star Aviation has donated a Learjet 35A to the college.
September 30, 2010 - 7:23am
Friedrichshafen International Airport, in far southern Germany near the Austrian and Swiss borders, is the site of the newest Twin Commander factory-authorized international service center. “We have about 35 Commanders operating in Europe, and Airplus currently services 10 to 12 of them,” Matt Isley, president of Twin Commander Aircraft, told AIN.
September 30, 2010 - 7:22am
A study released recently by Boeing predicts a need for 466,650 pilots and 596,500 maintenance personnel worldwide over the next 20 years, with the Asia-Pacific region accounting for 180,000 and 220,000, respectively. China will experience the greatest need for pilots and maintenance personnel at 70,600 and 96,400, respectively.
September 30, 2010 - 7:21am
Honeywell has unveiled JetMap III, the latest upgrade of its cabin moving map featuring worldwide 3-D perspective views of terrain, ocean topography, enhanced graphics and polar ice views.
JetMap III provides real-time flight data, passenger situational awareness information and data services for news, business, weather and sports. Passengers and crew can customize settings through use of a handheld remote.
September 30, 2010 - 7:19am
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is said to be close to responding to an FAA request that it withdraw a June notice that seeks to impose a total ban on the “certification, manufacture, importation, sale or continued use” of 121.5-MHz emergency locator transmitters.
