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Maintenance and Modifications

JetSupport Receives Part 145 Approval for King Air 200

Under this approval, JetSupport can provide maintenance and avionics services for the King Air 200 series.
Maintenance and Modifications

Blackhawk Receives Approval for XP67A Engine+ Upgrade

Blackhawk recently received approval from Transport Canada for the King Air 350 XP67A Engine+ Upgrade.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dart Aerospace and Drallim Ink Service Agreement

Drallim will provide repair and overhaul services for Dart’s remote cargo hooks, swivel, and long lines at its Hastings, U.K. facility.

Connecting, Engaging, and Inspiring at WAI2018

This year's Women in Aviation Conference in Reno saw 3,200 attendees, 162 aviation companies and organizations, and $692,465 in scholarships.
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Aviation Weather Center Announces Updates

At the Women in Aviation Conference, the Aviation Weather Center offered updates on its GOES-R series satellites and its Graphical Forecasts for Aviation.

Human Factor Extra: Top-of-Descent Landing Assessment

Listen to a two-member flight crew make a top-of-decent assessment in this bonus episode of AIN’s The Human Factor.
Maintenance and Modifications

Launch Acquires PlaneTechs

This acquisition will add more than 100,000 technicians to Launch’s roster of aviation personnel.
Engines

EASA Certifies Vector Aerospace Africa for Engine MRO

The Lanseria facility, which was opened in 2010, is a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A designated overhaul facility with distribution rights.

Aircraft MRO Market To Grow 3.8% Annually in Near Term

Esticast Research and Consulting reported that an increase in the number of air passengers will cause growth in the business and general aviation sectors.

Stevens Aviation Adds Five AOG Techs, Two New Locations

Stevens Aviation will add five new technicians to its mobile AOG team on March 30 and will operate new AOG facilities in F.L. and G.A. starting May 1.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hongkong Jet To Expand G550 Mx Services

Hongkong Jet will upgrade and expand its HKAR 145 maintenance capabilities to include approval to certify G550 aircraft to 144 mos/12 C level.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik Offers AutoInspect for Engine Components

AutoInspect will be introduced for combustor components in CFM56 and CF34 engine families.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Aviation Installs, Delivers Gogo Avance L5

The maintenance company completed the installation on a Cessna Citation Excel.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero To Expand Three Facilities

StandardAero announced it will expand its facilities in Cincinnati and Hillsboro, Ohio, and Miami, Florida by a total of 260,000 sq. ft. throughout 2018.
Maintenance and Modifications

Able Aerospace Signs Bell Mx Agreement with AVESA

AVESA recently selected Able Aerospace Services as its provider for component, repair, overhaul and exchange service for light and medium Bell platforms.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Continues Hiring Efforts in 2018

West Star Aviation will attend job fairs and partner with Careerwise for its apprenticeship program to increase its hiring efforts in 2018.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Hong Kong Extends FAA Falcon Mx Approvals

The FAA approved Jet Aviation’s MRO facility in Hong Kong to support 48- and 35-month inspections for N-registered Dassault Falcon 7X/8X and Falcon 900s.
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Former Airworthiness Rep Pleads Guilty to Parts Fraud

Edward Carl Fernandez recently pleaded guilty to falsely representing the airworthiness condition of multiple commercial aircraft parts.

Airbus Helicopters Partners with Traxxall

All new Airbus rotorcraft delivered in the U.S. and Canada will include Traxxall’s aircraft maintenance tracking and inventory management system.
Rotorcraft

Era Group, P&WC Sign 10-Year Engine Mx Agreement

Era and Pratt & Whitney Canada signed a 10-year maintenance and repair agreement that covers 180 P&WC helicopter engines in Era’s global fleet.
Rotorcraft

Boston MedFlight Orders Three Airbus H145s

The first two aircraft will enter service this spring while the third will arrive in the fall.
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Rotorcraft

MROinsider Brings Transparency to Mx Services

The Michigan-based aviation maintenance bidding website brings pilots, owners, operators, and MRO providers together while improving customer experience.

Sikorsky, Era Sign Agreement for 300th S-92

Sikorksy delivered its 300th S-92 to Era Group. The aircraft will join Era's eight other Sikorskys and enter service in the Gulf of Mexico this month.
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SkyQuest Recieves Part 145 Certification

SkyQuest announced that is now a Part 145 facility after it acquired Express Avionics.
Engines

Rotorlift Aviation Sees Benefits of Eastman Turbo Oil

After changing to Eastman Turbo Oil 2197 five years ago, Rotorlift Aviation has discovered that its engines burn cleaner.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Recognized with R-R Awards

StandardAero received two awards for customer service at the Rolls-Royce FIRST Network Recognition Reception.
Rotorcraft

Kaman To Support Rebuilding Puerto Rico

ROTAK Helicopter Services will operate its K-Max aircraft in Puerto Rico to support infrastructure rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Maria.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Metro Aviation's FOQA Makes Progress

Metro Aviation updated flight data monitoring on 65 percent of its fleet since it received approval for its Flight Operational Quality Assurance program.
Safety

Survitec Unveils New Life Jacket, Passenger Suit

The Hybrid Ability Lifejacket and Oxygen is the company’s next generation Mk 5/51 product and the Gen2 1000 series suit holds ETSO, MED, approvals.
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Fuel

StandardAero, Papillon Ink Crash-resistant Fuel Tank Deal

StandardAero will supply 40 retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tanks for Papillon’s Grand Canyon Helicopter fleet of Airbus AS350B3 and EC130B4 aircraft.