Content Archive: April 2008

Engines

Thousands of faulty fan blades found in CF34s

The NTSB last month sent recommendations to the FAA and Transport Canada to address a safety concern raised by two engine failures on Bombardier CRJ200s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tunica Air Group partners with Wilson Air Center

Wilson Air Center has entered into an agreement with Tunica Air Group to provide a range of maintenance services.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik breaks ground for Hamburg engine operation

Construction has begun on a new aircraft engine overhaul hangar in Hamburg to support an expansion of Lufthansa Technik’s production capacity in Germany.
FBOs

Blue City now FBO at Coventry

Blue City Aviation has been appointed to handle all FBO operations at Coventry Airport, in recognition of growing business aviation traffic at the UK airpo
FBOs

ExecuJet adds Singapore hangar

ExecuJet Aviation Group bought a 30,000-sq-ft hangar at Singapore’s Seletar Airport and is offering maintenance and hangar storage at the facility, its fir
Airports

LA studying LAX pollution

The Los Angeles board of airport commissioners awarded a $2.15 million contract to Jacobs Consultancy for a three-year study to evaluate air pollution emis
Airports

LAX installing safety lights

The FAA and City of Los Angeles have partnered to install runway status lights at Los Angeles International Airport.
FBOs

FBO Profile: Ocean Sky

The growing success of UK FBO Ocean Sky is another sign of the improving picture for business aviation in Europe.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aerolite Delivers First EC 135 VIP Interior

Aerolite Max Bucher recently delivered its first Eurocopter EC 135 interior for a corporate customer.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SEI Lands in Philadelphia

Servizi Elicotteristici Italini (SEI) has been a primary source of helicopter cabin completion and refurbishment for European manufacturer AgustaWestland,