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.
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Jet Aviation expands international approvals
At Moscow Vnukovo airport, Jet Aviation has completed the steps to operate as an independent Russian legal entity.
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Altenrhein Aviation fares well thanks to Gulfstream mx
Work on Gulfstream’s midsize jets played a major role in keeping 2009 income levels up for Switzerland’s Altenrhein Aviation.
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Cutter Aviation consolidates Dallas operation
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has been host to an expanding Cutter Aviation since 2002.
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Cessna to open Spanish Citation Service Center
Spain’s Valencia Airport will be the site of Cessna’s new European Citation service center.
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ACC Columbia Jet Service expands mx capabilities
ACC Columbia Jet Service, formerly known as Aviation Center Cologne, has a new facility at Hannover Airport as a result of its recent merger with Columbia
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Ruag trims back in response to net loss
The Ruag Group has streamlined its business aircraft maintenance facilities in response to a net loss in that sector of approximately $103 million for 2009
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Boca Aircraft mx named Eclipse Gold Service Center
Eclipse Aerospace has named Boca Aircraft Maintenance located in Boca Raton, Fla., the exclusive U.S.
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Bombardier AOG Line mx OK for Jet Aviation Paris
Jet Aviation’s new Paris Le Bourget facility, which recently received EASA Part 145 line station approval, was appointed a Bombardier AOG line maintenance
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Turbine Fatigue Cited in Fatal California Helo Crash
Yesterday the NTSB released the finding of the cause of the May 24, 2008, Is
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Dallas center brings operating experience to mx ops
Business Jet Access focuses on the operational aspects of maintenance, according to general manager Brian Hoffman, who credits his stint as a mechanic and
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Bombardier Revamps Worldwide Bizjet Service
Bombardier Aerospace has embarked on an aircraft service program in which it will invest some $35 million over the next five years to structure a worldwide
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Smyrna Air Center Approved for M601 and H80 Service
Smyrna Air Center has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an authorized service center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines.
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Metrojet Hong Kong Named HBC Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has appointed Metrojet Hong Kong to its network of authorized service centers to support its Hawker 900/800/700 series.
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Piaggio Aero Service Centers Continue Expansion
Airflite and Piaggio Aero have signed an agreement to qualify and approve Singapore-based AirFlite Asia as an OEM-appointed maintenance provider for the Pi
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Elliott Aviation Offers EASA-approved Beechjet DFDR
Moline, Ill.-base Elliott Aviation has received supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the instal
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Hawker Beechcraft opens service facility at Phoenix
Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) opened the doors of its southwest U.S.
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Honeywell To See Volcano Effects First-hand
Engineers at Honeywell’s Phoenix engine division have received two TPE331-5 turboprops removed from a Dornier Do-228 operated by the UK’s National Environm
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Iceland Eruption Has Different Effect on Windows
While pilots need to be careful not to fly through heavy concentrations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland, the glass particle-la
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Engine Damage Not Caused by Volcanic Ash
Dramatic photos circulating on the Internet purporting to show a Williams International FJ44-3A-24 installed on a Cessna Citation CJ2+ destroyed by exposur
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U.S. Civil Aviation Mx Has $39 Billion Impact
According to a study conducted by research firm AeroStrategy, the aviation maintenance industry in the U.S.
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Flabob High School Students Build Jet Engine
Anthony Mosallam and Jonathon Deming, students at the Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy in Riverside, Calif., designed and built a turbine engine for thei
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Rhobi Offers Virtual Parts Marketplace
Online parts marketplace Rhobi (reinventing how online business integrates) “is the biggest technological advance for parts ordering and inventory since th
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Viking Announces Twin Otter Component Centers
Team JAS of Jacksonville, Fla., and Universal Avionique of Miami are the first two factory-endorsed component centers (FECC) appointed by Viking Air of Vic
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Europe Warming to Aftermarket Parts System
While aftermarket FAA-approved aircraft parts made by companies holding FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) are common in the U.S., there is no PMA equiv
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Cessna Eliminates Lead Times for Citation Refurbs
Cessna has initiated a program designed to reduce the lead time required for interior refurbishment of classic Citations.
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Mobile Service Offered by Lufthansa Technik
Lufthansa Technik’s newly established Mobile Aircraft and Cabin Services (Macs) team has already completed several maintenance events at the home bases of
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Torqued: Where have all the aviation students gone?
College majors and career opportunities don’t always match up.
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FlightSafety To Provide P&WC MX Training
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month announced it had entered a long-term agreement with FlightSafety International to provide worldwide maintenance training
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Cessna Adds Midwest Mobile Service Unit
Cessna Aircraft has added a sixth Citation mobile service unit (MSU) to its ServiceDirect system to augment support capability for the domestic Cessna Cita
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NATA Announces New MX Organization Award
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has developed a new maintenance honor open to any full-time aircraft and/or components maintenance or re
