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.
Safety
Learjet 60 AD Addresses Tire-pressure Checks
A new Airworthiness Directive targeting Learjet 60 tires requires revising the tire-servicing section of the airplane maintenance manual and the tires limi
Safety
Incident illustrates risk of improper tire mx
A video circulating on the Internet shows what happened, on April 27, when the nose tire of a 1976 Falcon 10 was overfilled.
Airports
London Oxford To Build MRO Facility
Oxford Airport, some 40 miles northwest of London, has broken ground on a 47,700-sq-ft, three-bay hangar, making it the largest facility built at the airpo
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Beefs Up Asia Pacific Support
Embraer announced that all parts and logistics support for its commercial and business aircraft in the Asia Pacific region will be managed from the regiona
Maintenance and Modifications
Retrofit Honeywell Primus Elite Coming for Citation X
Cessna has announced the Honeywell Primus Elite avionics
Maintenance and Modifications
LBAS Expands Interior Refurb and Mod Business
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) has selected OHS Aviation Services as a tier-one supplier for all cabin interior and aircraft exterior aest
Maintenance and Modifications
Asia Pacific Customer Support Enhanced by Embraer
Embraer announced strategic customer support enhancements in the Asia Pacific region.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Pacific Asia Named Authorized Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has appointed Hawker Pacific Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to its network of authorized service centers to support the growing
Maintenance and Modifications
London Oxford Airport To Build MRO Facility
Oxford Airport, some 40 miles northwest of London in the UK, has broken ground on a 47,700-sq-ft, three-bay hangar, making it the largest facility built
Maintenance and Modifications
TWG Aviation To Acquire Vitesse Maintenance Assets
TWG Aviation, parent company of Dallas-based Business Jet Access (BJA) and Business Jet Center (BJC), is to buy Vitesse Aviation Services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Expansion Project
Middletown, Del.-based Summit Aviation has launched a 78,000-sq-ft expansion and renovation of
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dubai Receives Jordanian Approval
Jet Aviation Dubai recently received Jordanian CARC maintenance approvals for
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Aerospace To Acquire ExelTech Hangar
Following the bankruptcy of ExelTech Aerospace, Bombardier is purchasing the company’s Saint-L
Maintenance and Modifications
Nav Database Updates Problematic for Pilots
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is warning flight crews that an antiquated FAA regulation can still cause problems.
Maintenance and Modifications
Midcoast Aviation Lays Off 80
In mid-April, Midcoast Aviation senior v-p of green completions Rodger Renaud described business at the East Cahokia, Ill.-based maintenance and operations
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Expands Asian Commitment
Deer Jet, China’s largest business-jet charter operator, has been named by Gulfstream Aerospace to support the OEM’s growing fleet of Gulfstreams in China.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cutter Aviation Consolidates Dallas Operation
Dallas/Fort Worth-based Cutter Aviation will consolidate all of its metro-area operations at its North Dallas location in McKinney, Texas, at Collin County
Maintenance and Modifications
Vector Aerospace Signs with West Coast Helicopters
MRO Vector Aerospace has announced that its Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services North America has signed a service agreement with West Coast Helicopters o
Maintenance and Modifications
Cascade Named ASC for GE M601 and H80 Engines
GE Aviation has named Cascade Aircraft Conversions an authorized service cent
Maintenance and Modifications
Ship It AOG Doubles Warehouse Size
Spare-parts company Ship It AOG has added a 7,000-sq-ft warehouse adjacent to its existing fac
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beechcraft Adds Service Center at Phoenix
Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has expanded its aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix-Mes
Maintenance and Modifications
Vector Aerospace Engine Services Gets RR250 OK
EASA Part 145 approval has been granted to Vector Aerospace Engines Services’ new UK facility
Maintenance and Modifications
Citation X Winglets Get European OK
Winglet Technology received EASA STC approval for its elliptical winglets on the Cessna Citation X.
Maintenance and Modifications
Volcanic ash imposing new layer of ops, mx concerns
A bold move by British Airways in April–the launching of 26 airplanes toward the UK while British airspace was closed–finally broke the European
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell To Tear Down TPE331s that Operated in Ash
Honeywell’s engine division scored a unique opportunity last month when two TPE331-5 engines arrived at the company’s Phoenix headquarters.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completion business gets back on track at Associated
When Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE)
Maintenance and Modifications
Torqued: No child left unbuckled
Buckle up for safety! The long-running ad campaign that got us all to wear our seat belts when driving is just as relevant to airplanes as cars, and childr
Maintenance and Modifications
ADI offers MD902 STC for night-vision lighting system
Aero Dynamix (ADI) is offering the first EASA STC approval for a night-vision lighting system on an MD902.
