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FBOs

Million Air Reopens At NEW

Using temporary buildings and skid-mounted fuel tanks, Million Air reopened for business October 19 at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW).
FBOs

Atlantic Absorbs FBO Avcenters

Five FBOs and a New York City heliport have joined the Atlantic Aviation chain en masse, bringing the network to a total of 18 locations.
Safety

Pilot vigilance can prevent icing accidents

As I prepared to pen yet another article dealing with winter operations, the realization hit me that we will likely have ice-related accidents.
Maintenance and Modifications

Albany Airport Next Site For Eclipse Service Center

Eclipse Aviation has chosen Albany International Airport as the site for its new northeast factory service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Boston/Bedford Increases Service Capacity

Jet Aviation Boston/Bedford is enhancing aircraft maintenance support by adding weekend service hours and expanding its mobile maintenance assistance.
Maintenance and Modifications

P&WC PT6A Capability Now at South African Center

Pratt & Whitney Canada CSC (Africa) is offering engine overhaul services following an expansion project at its South Africa facility located at the Lanseri
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Celebrates 50TH Anniversary

As part of Duncan Aviation’s 50th-anniversary celebration, the company has released a collection of songs from 1956 performed by Duncan Aviation team membe
Maintenance and Modifications

Securaplane Names Cantec Systems as Distributor

Cantec Systems of Ontario, Canada, is the latest company to sign a distributor agreement with Securaplane Technologies to offer Hawker main ship batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Gulfstream Luton

SAVANNAH MANUFACTURER'S SHOP IN EUROPE

Gulfstream’s service center at London Luton Airport is one of 12 factory support facilities,

Maintenance and Modifications

Intermarket Offers Avionics Maintenance Insurance

Building on OEM-sponsored programs for by-the-hour airframe and powerplant maintenance, Intermarket Insurance Agency has introduced Av-Tec Equipment Mainte
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Provides Service Bulletins and Letters Online

Cessna has recently added online access to Service Bulletins and Letters for all Citation models at its support Web site (www.cessnasupport.com).
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Building Dallas Maintenance Facility

The third quarter of next year will see the opening ceremony of a new Bombardier factory-owned service center at Love Field in Dallas.
Maintenance and Modifications

Millville Reopened as Regional Facility

Dallas Airmotive also recently announced that it has opened a regional turbine center in Millville, N.J.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive Extends Its Reach Into Australia

Dallas Airmotive (DAI) last month signed two contracts with Pacific Turbines Brisbane (PTB) of Brisbane, Australia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive Expands PW300 and PW500 Service

Dallas Airmotive has commissioned a new PW300 and PW500 repair and overhaul facility at its Forest Park production center in Dallas.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Adds Learjet Gear Overhaul at Battle Creek

Augmenting its long list of Learjet capabilities, Duncan Aviation has added landing-gear overhaul to its offerings at Battle Creek.
Aircraft

Piaggio delivering first Avanti II

The Avanti II won EASA certification in October, and delivery of the first new-version aircraft was scheduled for shortly after the Dubai Air Show (Novembe
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter addresses AS 350B3 engine-control failure recovery

Eurocopter is concerned that some pilots could confuse different versions of the AS 350B3 Ecureuil single-turbine helicopter that feature different kinds o
Rotorcraft

Heli-Union Training Center

The Center’s manager, Xavier Burette, said the school, a Héli-Union subsidiary, opened in April 2002 in Angoulême.
Rotorcraft

Héli-Union wins new contract and expects more helicopters

Paris-based Héli-Union, which operates a fleet of 35 mostly twin-engine helicopters mainly for oil majors, has signed a draft joint venture operating agree
Safety

Canada OKs S-92 for flight in known icing

Just as the cold weather starts to take hold in the higher reaches of North America, Sikorsky’s S-92 has passed one of its critical remaining airworthiness
Rotorcraft

LGI expands helicopter business

LG International (LGI) this month is scheduled to open a new maintenance center for Russian helicopters at Seoul Gimpo Airport, with capacity for 24 major
Rotorcraft

European medical operators give the EC 145 high marks

Some two years after the Eurocopter EC 145 entered service, it seems customers have forgotten the problems that delayed the program and caused early operat
Rotorcraft

Schweizer adapts to new leadership

“There were times when we could ramp up production on one line merely by shuffling some people around from the others,” said president Paul Schweizer of th
Rotorcraft

Columbia Buys Out Heavy-lift TCs

Columbia Helicopters is to acquire the type certificates for the Vertol 107-II and Boeing Vertol 234 Chinook helicopters from Boeing.
Airports

New Bangkok Heliport

The new Bangkok City Heliport is due to open by April, giving convenient access to the center of Thailand’s notoriously congested capital.
Rotorcraft

Dolphin Upgrade Gets Green Light

American Eurocopter (AE) is to re-engine and upgrade the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Maintenance To Go

Brisbane, Australia-based Aeropower has converted a Volvo truck into a mobile helicopter landing and maintenance facility for its fleet of MD500s, to help

Continental sees future for turboprops

Apparently done pouring 50-seat jet capacity into a system overflowing with Embraer 145s, Continental Airlines continues to explore the possibility of addi

Denim air drops regional service, expands lease ops

Having dropped regional operations rather than continue losing money into the winter season, Netherlands-based Denim Air group plans to offer enhanced wet-