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
Aviall To Be Piper’s Exclusive Parts Distributor
Piper Aircraft has entered into a global distribution agreement with Aviall Services.
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Associated Air Center Receives ODA
Associated Air Center, a completions center for transport-category executive aircraft, has transitioned its designated alteration station (DAS) to organiza
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Mx Industry Weighs In on Thorny Issues for 2010
“The most significant issue facing the maintenance community in 2010 is financial sustainability,” Aaron Hilkemann, president of Duncan Aviation, told AIN.
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JSSI Moves To Increase Effectiveness in Europe
“In February 2009 we were forced to implement a 15-percent reduction in staff company-wide,” Lou Seno, president and CEO of Jet Support Services (JSSI), to
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Hawker Pacific Expands Malaysian Product Support
Hawker Pacific has “embarked on a major expansion of services” with the opening of a product support service center at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Suba
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Twin Commander Makes Transcontinental Move
Twin Commander Aircraft completed its relocation from Arlington, Wash., to Creedmoor, N.C.
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CRS Jet Spares Boosts European Support
CRS Jet Spares is moving inventory to Europe to bolster support for its international customers.
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Hot section: CRS Jet spares increases inventory
CRS Jet Spares has increased its overall line item inventory level by 33 percent this year, despite the economy, according to founder and CEO Armando Leigh
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Hot section: Savannah Air Center renamed Midcoast Aviation
Savannah Air Center will change its name to Midcoast Aviation effective January 1.
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Hot section: Bombardier boosts support in the Midddle East
Bombardier Aerospace has enhanced its customer support for business aircraft operators in the Middle East with the expansion of its Mobile Response
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Hot section: Air Works first to recieve EASA approval in India
Air Works, which claims to be India’s largest independent maintenance provider, has become the first in the country to complete certification by the Europe
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Hot section: Blackhawk modifications expands distributor network
Distributor agreements have been signed in the U.S., Europe and Australia by Blackhawk Modifications.
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Hot section: Skytech opens facility at Baltimore/Washington
Business aircraft operators have a new choice in the Baltimore/Washington area now that Skytech has opened its 10,000-sq-ft service facility.
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Hot section: JSSI and Jet Aviation sign service center agreement
Jet Aviation has signed a service center agreement with Jet Support Services (JSSI) to provide scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services and to supply
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Hot section: West Star expands MX service to Southeast U.S.
The southeast U.S.
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Hot section: 328 support services gets FAA repair station approval
Munich, Germany-based 328 Support Services has received FAA repair station status for its Dornier 328 executive conversion work.
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Hot section: Good news for BBJ operators
A CFM56-7B powering a Boeing Next-Generation 737 for German holiday airline TUIfly has logged more than 40,000 hours on wing without a single removal, sett
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Hot section MRO profile: Crownair Aviation
Crownair Aviation at Montgomery Field (MYF) in San Diego is improving and expanding its maintenance and FBO facilities in preparation for the economic turn
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Dassault’s ‘digital factory’ streamlines production
After pioneering digital design in the aerospace industry 25 years ago, Dassault Aviation has implemented what it calls “the digital factory.” The Falcon 7
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Texas Turbine upgrades Caravan
After Bobby Bishop’s Texas Turbine Conversions converted the single-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter from a PT6 to a TPE331 engine, the company neede
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Dassault hosts regional M&Os
For the second year in a row, Dassault Falcon is hosting a series of regional maintenance and operations (M&O) seminars around the world.
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M&O 2010 Seminar Schedule Set by Dassault Falcon
Dassault Falcon will host 14 regional maintenance and operations sem
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Hawker Beechcraft and FlightSafety Offer Training
A new 44,000-sq-ft maintenance training center has opened near the Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) Wichita facility and is offering a full schedule of technical tr
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Williams Int’l and Cessna Partner on Engine Mx
Cessna Aircraft has partnered with Williams International to offer customers fixed hourly rates for engine maintenance on most Citation CJs.
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Aircell Names First Middle Eastern Service Facility
ExecuJet Middle East is now an Aircell-authorized dealer.
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Blackhawk Modifications Expands Distributor Ranks
Blackhawk Modifications continues to expand its ranks of distributors worldwide.
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Hawker Beech to charge for legacy aircraft support
Hawker Beechcraft recently changed its product support policy and will now charge legacy aircraft operators for support that has heretofore been free.
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Savannah Air Center To Be Renamed Midcoast Aviation
Effective January 1 Savannah Air Center will be named Midcoast Aviation.
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Southeast U.S. Home to New West Star Aviation MRO
West Star Aviation has expanded its maintenance service business into the southeast U.S.
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328 Support Services Gets FAA Repair Station OK
The FAA has awarded repair station status to Munich, Germany-based 328 Support Services for the Dornier 328 jet and turboprop in recognition of its executi
