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
Hubbard’s QS3 Gulfstream II/III Hushkit OK’d by EASA
The EASA has certified the Hubbard Aviation Technologies QS3 hushkit system for the Gulfstream II, IISP, IIB and III as meeting Chapter 3 noise requirement
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Chromalloy Nevada Reduces Workforce Again
Last Thursday 41 employees of the Chromalloy facility in Carson City, Nev.
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Bell Helicopter, Cessna Build Singapore Facility
Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft, both Textron companies, broke ground on a facility dedicated to service and support for customers in the Asia-Pacific
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Embraer Strengthens EMEA Regional Services
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) continue to provide growth opportunities for Embraer.
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Bombardier Beefs Up Service in Europe, South Africa
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bmi Enhances Commitment with Lufthansa Technik
British airline group bmi has signed two new agreements with Lufthansa Technik.
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Falcon 7X To Fly Soon, Mod Kits Sent To Service Centers
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New Partnership Expands Alaska Support
Freedom Aero Service has partnered with Merrill Field Instruments to provide an accessory shop on Merrill Field in Anchorage.
“Alaska is a unique operatin
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Evergreen Maintenance Acquired by Relativity Capital
Relativity Capital is acquiring Evergreen Maintenance Center (EMC) from Evergreen International Aviation.
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Business Jet Access Opens New Dallas Facility
Business Jet Access (BJA) recently celebrated the dedication of its Dallas Love Field facility.
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Honeywell MPP Reins in Maintenance Costs
Honeywell’s Mechanical Protection Plan (MPP), an extended repair and replacement program, is expected to be available starting the third quarter of this ye
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Smyrna Air Completes First King Air Power 90 Upgrade
GE Aviation’s M601E-11A engines are now powering Anchorage, Alaska-based AeroMetric’s King Air E-90.
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ARSA celebrates U.S. EU safety agreeement
Trimec Aviation has partnered with Texas Jet at Fort Worth Meacham (FTW) to build a new maintenance facility that will double the size of Trimec’s current
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Jets opens new UK facility with paint capability
Mid-Continent Instruments’ Van Nuys, Calif.
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Jet Aviation to Triple Singapore hangar space
Dallas Airmotive has unveiled a dedicated Web site for its First Support command center.
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Gulfstream enhances airborned product support program
Geneva-based MasterJet recently took possession of an Airbus A320 conversion by Fokker Aircraft Services.
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Cessna positions additional MSU in Georgia
Philadelphia-based Jet East Corporate Aviation has purchased the maintenance division of Ross Aviation at Trenton Mercer County Airport; the two will share
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Duncan Ramps Up to Meet Growing Demand
Like many others in the completion and refurbishment business, Duncan Aviation is ramping up as the sense of an industry recovery grows.
In the past two mo
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SR Technics Opens Completion Center in Zurich
SR Technics, best known for its maintenance, repair and overhaul business of 80 years, is expanding into the private aviation cabin completion and refurbis
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Starling Aerospace Providing Stateroom Kit
Business aviation cabin components specialist Starling Aerospace (SAI) has undertaken a project to design, build and certify a stateroom/lavatory in kit fo
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Innotech, Esoteric Unveil Next-Gen IFE
Innotech Aviation has awarded California-based wireless technology specialist Esoteric of Irvine, Calif.
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Talco, DRB Form Strategic Partnership
Talco Aviation and DRB Aviation have formed a “strategic partnership” that will provide a broad range of completions and refurbishment project supervisory
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Metrojet builds its maintenance business
Many companies boast of being the best, but Metrojet bills itself as “Asia Pacific’s business aviation leader” with some justification.
Charter & Fractional
EBACE 2011: Flying Group Focuses on Core Operations
Business aviation is still on a roller-coaster ride that could lead to feast or famine, according to Flying Group chief executive Bernard van Milders.
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EBACE 2011: Keitas Systems Offer Smart Maintenance Software
Keitas Systems (Stand 1026), a start-up company based in Gex, France, not far from Geneva, is here introducing its Tempeus software program, designed to gi
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EBACE 2011: LBAS Approved for Qatar-registered Challenger 604/605 Maintenance
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (Stand 43) has secured Part 145 approval to perform maintenance services for Bombardier Challenger 604/605s register
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EBACE 2011: Honeywell Offers Mechanical Protection Plans for Gulfstream and Pilatus Airplanes
Honeywell (Stand 7044/7052) has introduced its mechanical protection plan, an extended repair and replacement program, for select Gulfstream and Pilatus mo
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EBACE 2011: Jet Aviation to Provide MRO at Al Bateen, Air Works May Follow
In the continuing development of Al Bateen Executive Airport into a dedicated business aviation hub, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), owner of the ai
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Bombardier extends Middle East and Asia-Pacific service network
Bombardier has designated two new AOG and line maintenance facilities (LMF) in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.
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Cessna reaffirms European customer service expansion plans
Cessna Aircraft is increasing the number of parts stocked at its European distribution facility in Amsterdam.
