Maintenance and Modifications
News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.
Maintenance and Modifications
Arinc Scottsdale Facility Gets Repair Station Certification
The FAA has recently awarded a repair station certificate to Arinc Direct’s Scottsdale Airport facility in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Aircraft
Bombardier Fault Isolation Tool Available For Learjet 60
Learjet 60 operators are the latest to benefit from the Learjet Electronic Technician (e-Tech) troubleshooting tool.
Maintenance and Modifications
Conklin & De Decker Releases MxManager 7.5
Conklin & de Decker has released the latest version of its maintenance management software, MxManager Version 7.5.
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Maintenance and Modifications
Whelen Marketing LED Anti-collision lights STC
Whelen Engineering has received STC approval for its Model 70900 Series LED anti-collision beacon, the first of its kind to be approved for general aviatio
Maintenance and Modifications
Russia Approves Bombradier Berlin Service Center
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has received approval from the Federal Civil Aviation Authority of Russia (FCAAR) to perform line and base ma
Aircraft
ExecuJet Aviation extends its reach with Grob SPn program
ExecuJet Aviation Group has successfully pursued its ambitions of becoming a truly global business aviation services group while maintaining a relatively l
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell Revamping Product Support
As part of an effort to consolidate its engine, avionics and brake and wheel divisions with the aim of improving product support and customer service, Hone
FBOs
Jet Aviation Expands Services
Jet Aviation’s FBO at London Biggin Hill Airport is now providing fuel, and its facility at Dubai International Airport now includes in-house customs clear
Maintenance and Modifications
Sale of Jet Aviation marks end of an era
On August 11 European private equity group Permira said it would buy a majority stake in Zurich, Switzerland-based aviation services company Jet Aviation f
Maintenance and Modifications
Africa Gets New Pilatus Service Center
Swiss manufacturer Pilatus has appointed a new factory-authorized sales and service center for the PC-12 turboprop single in southern Africa.
Maintenance and Modifications
Johannesburg’s The Jet Centre expands its support facilities
South Africa’s National Airways is opening a new maintenance operation for business jets at Johannesburg Lanseria Airport.
Aircraft
Williams-powered Citation Conversion Gets STC
Citation modification specialist Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, last month received an STC for its Stallion conversion, a Citation 500/501 powered by
Maintenance and Modifications
Honoring the first aviation mechanic
December is the month that aviation honors the Wright brothers for their contributions to aviation, and we certainly all owe them for what they accomplishe
Cabin Interior and Electronics
MRO Profile: Montreal Jet Center
Although business aviation was still recovering from the effects of 9/11 in 2003, two Quebec companies–DEM Capital and Elisen Technologies–decided
Maintenance and Modifications
AgustaWestland appoints Malaysian service center
AB139, A109 Power and A109 LOH operators in the Far East now have a new maintenance option.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer cuts legacy maintenance costs
The cost of operating an Embraer Legacy 600 has gone down as a result of the Brazilian airworthiness authority’s approval of a revision to the aircraft’s m
Maintenance and Modifications
Innotech named preferred Bombardier completions center
Bombardier Aerospace has named Montreal’s Innotech Aviation, a division of IMP Group, a preferred completion center for the Global XRS and Global 5000.
Maintenance and Modifications
ARSA Tells Senate Aviation Panel 'Safety Is Good Business'
Christian Klein, legislative counsel for the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), recently testified before the aviation subcommittee of the Sen
Maintenance and Modifications
GlobalNet to track maintenance for NetJets
Avtrak also announced that NetJets has signed a five-year agreement for GlobalNet for the tracking and management of NetJets’ growing worldwide fleet of fr
Maintenance and Modifications
Sikorsky Selects Globalnet For Maintenance Tracking
Helotrac II, Sikorsky’s next-generation Web-based customer aircraft maintenance tracking program, will use Avtrak GlobalNet maintenance management technolo
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dallas Open 24/7 For Maintenance
Jet Aviation Dallas is now providing around-the-clock maintenance support seven days a week.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Flap Asymmetry Tester Available
AirMech Innovations (AMI) announces the development of the AMI Model 104 flap asymmetry tester designed specifically for use with the Gulfstream II, III an
Maintenance and Modifications
ExpressJet To Offer Thrust Reverser Maintenance
Aircelle has expanded its global maintenance network into the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dubai Becomes Rockwell Collins Dealer
Rockwell Collins has appointed Jet Aviation Dubai an authorized dealer, allowing the facility to carry out sales, installations and retrofits of Rockwell C
Maintenance and Modifications
M7 Aerospace Provides Merlin Update Program
M7 Aerospace has announced an “M7 Merlin” program through which it will extensively refurbish an executive Fairchild Merlin in the same San Antonio 426,000
Safety
Use technology to help combat complacency
Nearly every general media report about aviation mentions the accident rate.
Maintenance and Modifications
Outerlink Adds Canadian Repair Center
Avionics component supplier OuterLink has announced the appointment of Kitchener Aero, at Waterloo Regional Airport in Breslau, Ontario, as an author
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Expands maintenance In Chicago
Jet Aviation Chicago has teamed with Duncan Aviation and Atlantic Aviation to expand maintenance services at Chicago Midway Airport.
Aircraft
Avcon Industries Announces LearJet 35/36 RVSM Mod
Butler National subsidiary Avcon Industries has completed its first installation of its reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) solution for Learjet 35
Maintenance and Modifications
Supplier Boosts MDHI Parts Inventory
Heli-Mart of Costa Mesa, Calif., has bought nine MD 520Ns and a 300C previously operated by the Phoenix Police Department.
