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.

Leonardo Helicopters Plans Agusta-branded Service Centers

Dedicated service centers are the latest part of Leonardo's rollout of the Agusta luxury helicopter brand.

Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Demand and Group Synergies Drive AMAC Forward

VIP aircraft specialist AMAC Aerospace reports strong demand for inspections and MRO services, as subsidiary firms and new Saudi office prosper.

Fuel

UAS Underlines Business Aviation’s Sustainability Push

No matter how long it takes to ramp up SAF production volumes, Middle East bizav will continue to advocate green policies, said UAS CEO Omar Hosari.

Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Building on Service Center Hub

Gulfstream is investing $100 million in its service center in Savannah, Georgia, as it grows its customer-support footprint worldwide.

Maintenance and Modifications

Garmin GFC 600 Autopilot Approved for Piper Chieftain

Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain utility aircraft equipped with the GFC 600 autopilot can now also use Garmin's Smart Rudder Bias system.

Maintenance and Modifications

VistaQuote Now Uses AI To Process Quote Requests

Using artificial intelligence, VistaQuote can now process requests for quotes submitted via email.

Woman using VistaQuote service on laptop and iPhone

Charter & Fractional

Jet Aviation Spotlights MRO, VIP Lift, Cabin Milestone

Swiss full-service provider Jet Aviation is showcasing expanded Middle East MRO capabilities and VIP charter and completion services at EBACE.

Maintenance and Modifications

Spirit Aeronautics Wins Part 145 Cert for Texas Facility

The FAA has awarded Part 145 repair station certification to Spirit Aeronautics’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

tail view of three business jets looking out of hangar at sunset

Maintenance and Modifications

Boost HEC System for Airbus AStar Helos Gets EASA Nod

Boost Systems has received EASA STC approval for its human external cargo system for the Airbus H125 family of helicopters.

Airbus H125 helicopter in flight with Human External Cargo system attached

Airports

Sirio Opens Maintenance Hangar at Milan Linate Airport

The facility developed with SEA Prime will support the MRO group's sister company Flexjet and is the 11th business aviation hangar at the Italian airport.

Sirio's new maintenance hangar at Milan Linate Airport will benefit sister company Flexjet Europe.

Engines

P&WC To Upgrade Wichita Falls Repair Shop

Modification of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s coatings line in Wichita Falls, Texas, will cost the company $10 million.

Irene Makris, v-p of customer service for Pratt & Whitney Canada; Stephen Santellana, mayor of Wichita Falls, Texas; and Leo Lane, president of the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation

Avionics

Universal Avionics InSight STC'd in 800-series Hawkers

The FAA has issued a supplemental type certificate to Southeast Aerospace for the installation of Universal Avionics Hawker 800 upgrades.

Avionics

SmartSky Wins STC for Flagship System on Falcon 2000EX

West Star Aviation has installed SmartSky’s Flagship air-to-ground connectivity system on a Dassault Falcon 2000EX.

Maintenance and Modifications

Marshall Trains New Talent for UK Aircraft Support Roles

Marshall Skills Academy is about to start training 70 apprentices for its own MRO business, as well as for Bombardier's UK service center at Biggin Hill.

Marshall Skills Academy in Cambridge, UK.

Maintenance and Modifications

True Blue Power Adds Lithium Batteries for Light Aircraft

Maintenance and Modifications

Parts Supplier Mid-Continent To Move Its West Coast Facility

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics plans to move to Chatworth, California, some 10 miles from its current location in Van Nuys, on May 15.

Maintenance and Modifications

Bluetail Rolls Out Next-gen Mach Records Search Engine

Bluetail's digital business aviation records platform Mach 2 Search offers higher speeds and improved capabilities over the previous version.

Screenshot of Bluetail's Mach 2 Search platform

Maintenance and Modifications

VSE To Acquire Desser Aerospace

VSE Corporation looks to expand its products and services through the acquisition of aircraft component and MRO services provider Desser Aerospace.

Avionics

Buttigieg: July 1 Hard Deadline for 5G C-band Radalt Compliance

Airliners not in compliance will be banned from the U.S. in 2024.

Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Expands Honeywell Engine Facility

Duncan Aviation recently remodeled its Honeywell HTF7000 engine shop, quadrupling the size of the space, and named a new program manager.

Shawn Schmitz, Duncan Aviation HTF7000 program manager poses by Honeywell HTF7000 engine in new shop

Environment

NBAA’s Bolen: Bizav Must 'Give Back' To Thrive

NBAA president Ed Bolen highlights business aviation community’s record for “giving back” during the association’s maintenance conference in Hartford.