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
ExecuJet Lanseria Becomes Hawker Beechcraft ASC
Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) has expanded its relationship with ExecuJet in Lanseria, South Africa, naming the MRO an authorized service
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Aviation Named Phenom ASC
Embraer has selected Constant Aviation’s Cleveland facility to become an authorized service center for the Phenom 100 and 300.
Maintenance and Modifications
LBAS Adds Approvals to Riga MRO
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), a Berlin-based maintenance, repair and overhaul facility specializing in Bombardier business aircraft, has e
Maintenance and Modifications
Vector Aerospace Relocates Service Center
Vector Aerospace has vacated its 6,500-sq-ft facility and moved into a new 19,000-sq-ft location to expand its shop and storage space.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation To Shed Up To 300 Jobs at Basel Site
Jet Aviation will cut 200 to 300 jobs at its Basel, Switzerland aircraft completions facility, a company spokesman told AIN, confirming lo
Maintenance and Modifications
Raisbeck King Air Mods Receiving China Certification
Raisbeck Engineering expects soon to receive certification by the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) for two of its Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350 pro
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Issues STC for Aviation Partners Falcon 900 Winglets
The FAA granted supplemental type certification to Aviation Partners for its Falcon 900 High Mach Blended Winglets on September 2.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Issues Guidance in AD Compliance Debacle
The FAA has issued new and revised guidance to the aviation industry regarding development and implementation of Airworthiness Directives (ADs).
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beechcraft Picks Mobile Team Base Locations
Hawker Beechcraft has selected the base locations for its previously announced mobile technical support team’s ground support vehicles.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aftermarket Sales Will Lift Despite Downturn, Says UBS
Despite the increasingly uncertain economic outlook, trading conditions for companies making their living from the air transport aftermarket are improving,
Avionics
Product Support Survey 2011 Part 2: Avionics
In the cockpit avionics sector Garmin takes top honors for how it looks after its customers.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Bans ex-FAA Aircraft Safety Inspector Hires
The FAA has issued a final rule placing restrictions on operators employing fo
Maintenance and Modifications
LoPresti Set To Roll Out Unpressurized Tires
LoPresti Aviation Engineering is poised to introduce a new type of tire called the Never Flat.
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation ALN Named Phenom ASC
Embraer has named West Star Aviation’s East Alton, Ill.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beechcraft Opens Beijing Office
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has opened a new regional headquarters office in Beijing to cover the North Asia region, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao
Maintenance and Modifications
Former FlightWorks President Acquires ADI
Scott Beale, former president, founder and co-owner of FlightWorks, has acquired Waterford, Mich.-based Aerodynamics (ADI) and its subsidiary ADI Shuttle G
Maintenance and Modifications
LoPresti NeverFlat Tires Coming for Business Jets
Last week LoPresti Aviation Engineering unveiled new NeverFlat Lifesaver aircraft tires, which use a carbon-fiber band embedded in the circumference to ret
Maintenance and Modifications
King Air 200GT Performance Package OK’d
BLR Aerospace received FAA approval for its Ultimate Performance Package (UPP) for the King Air 200GT.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Approves Hawker 800XPR Mod
Maintenance and Modifications
AAR Opens Miami Wheel and Brake Facility
AAR has opened a new 12,500-sq-ft Aircraft Wheel and Brake Services facility extension to its existing Landing Gear Services operation in Miami.
Aircraft
Blackhawk Launches Caravan Re-engining Program
Blackhawkis now offering for the Cessna Caravan a re-engining program that increases horsepower and useful load.
Maintenance and Modifications
Altenrhein Aviation Adds Line Maintenance in Kiev
Switzerland-based Altenrhein Aviation (owned by Pilatus Aircraft) has opened an EASA Part 145 line maintenance station in Kiev, Ukraine.
Maintenance and Modifications
Flying Colours Sees North American Demand for Midsize Refurb
Flying Colours, an Ontario, Canada-based service company specializing in interior completions on new and pre-owned business aircraft, has been appointed th
Maintenance and Modifications
Aeross and CRS Jet Spares Sign Agreement
Aftermarket parts supplier CRS Jet Spares has entered into an agreement with Brazilian repair and overhaul company Aeross.
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Omaha Completes First TFE731 Line-level Inspection
The Omaha, Neb.
Aircraft
FAA Certifies Load 20 Mod for Hawker 4000
The final feature of Hawker Beechcraft’s upgrade and enhancement program for the Hawker 4000 received FAA certification Tuesday–the “Load 20” package for t
Aircraft
Brazil Clears the Decks for Aviation Expansion
The hangar at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, that held Labace two weeks ago echoed to a claw-equipped backhoe chewing into the wing of a defunct B
Regulations and Government
Industry Questions FAA Interpretation of IA ‘Actively Engaged’ Definition
The FAA recently released a Notice of Policy titled “Policy Clarifying Definition of ‘Actively Engaged’ for Purposes of Inspector Authorization,” and indus
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Sorocaba Adds Gulfstream ANAC Approval
The National Civil Aviation Authority in Brazil, Agência Nacional de Aviaçâo Civil (ANAC), has granted Jet Aviation Sorocaba the authority to provide line
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Omaha Braces for Missouri River Flooding
StandardAero’sOmaha regional service center completed its first line-level inspection of a Honeywell TFE731 engine since acquiring the Honeywell line-level
