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
Premier Aircraft 50Dash4 Falcon Gets EASA OK
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified Premier Aircraft’s 50Dash4 upgrade of the Falcon 50.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna brings mx to Citation operators
With Cessna’s new Service Direct by Citation, the company’s product-support experts have devised a way to extend Cessna-brand maintenance services to custo
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TSA Issues NPRM On Repair Station Security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday released a Notice of Proposed Rule
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More Hawker Beechcraft Layoffs
The employees of Hawker Beechcraft’s Little Rock operation are facing the company’s next round of layoffs.
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Stevens To Add Pro Line to Clifford Citation 550/S550
Clifford Development and Stevens Aviation have expanded their Clifford Citation 550 and S550 engine conversion partnership.
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Embraer To Conduct EASA 147 Maintenance Training
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified Embraer as a Part 147 maintenance training organization.
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Maintenance Veteran Erickson Named ARSA President
Chris Erickson, chief repair station officer and compliance officer at Erickson Air-Crane, has been elected president of the Aeronautical Repair Station As
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FAA Updates Certification Rules for Aviation Products
The FAA has published for manufacturers of aircraft and aviation products new regulations
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AD Targets Bell 407 and 427 Problem
The FAA is adopting an airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
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Dallas Airmotive Offers SoCal AOG Service
BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Airmotive is stationing an AOG mobile repair vehicle in Southern California to provide engine
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik Opens Milan Maintenance Center
Lufthansa Technik has opened a new aircraft maintenance and component services facility on the Italian airport Malpensa.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Aerospace Opens Service Center in Europe
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, will be the site of Bombardier Aerospace’s first wholly owned European aircraft service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maximum Manuals Offers Same-day MELs
Maximum Manuals launched an Internet-based minimum equipment list (MEL) generator that provides same-day MELs customized to the individual client and aircr
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Eurocopter plans Kazakhstan venture
EADS and Eurocopter last month signed a cooperation agreement with sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna to create a public-private joint venture in Kazakhst
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Atlantic Aero named authorized TBM service center
Daher-Socata has designated Atlantic Aero its newest authorized TBM service center in North America.
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WestWind Technologies opens new hangar at Huntsville
A new 62,000-sq-ft facility has been dedicated on Huntsville International Airport, Ala., by WestWind Technologies to provide engineering, manufacturing, e
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US Aviation expands maintenance capability
US Aviation’s maintenance and avionics division is offering full Phase 1 through 5 inspections and structural inspections on the Hawker and most Cessna Cit
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LBAS performs first EUROPEAN Global Express overhaul
The first Bombardier Global Express 8C check has been performed in Europe by Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), a joint venture of Lufthansa Te
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German MROs join forces
Cologne Flugzeugwartung (ACC) and Columbia Jet Service have merged into ACC Columbia Jet Service.
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API to be exclusive CTS800 parts distributor
The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTec), a joint venture between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, has entered into a 10-year agreement with Aerospace
Maintenance and Modifications
Missouri MRO specializes in Honeywell TPE331
CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Joplin, Mo., has positioned itself to support a niche market: the TPE331.
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Jet Works opens new hangar
A new 43,000-sq-ft hangar has opened on Denton Airport in Texas.
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Caravan engine upgrade offered by Blackhawk
Blackhawk Modifications has introduced an engine upgrade for the Cessna Caravan.
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Dassault Falcon opens service center in Brazil
Dassault Falcon’s new factory-owned service center at Sorocaba Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, recently received repair station certification from Brazil’s A
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FAA awards Timco ODA
Timco Aerosystems has been awarded organization delegation authorization (ODA) from the FAA’s Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office.
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Gulfstream Sav service center gets Mauritius approval
The Republic of Mauritius has awarded Gulfstream Aerospace’s Savannah service center approved maintenance organization (AMO) status.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer U.S. receives EASA OK, opens European Phenom center
Embraer’s European executive jet customers now have two company-owned service centers in the U.S.
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BBA Aviation ERO changes role for Lafayette facility
BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) is transforming its Lafayette, La.
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Air Service Basel completes new facility at EuroAirport
EuroAirport, which serves the cities of Basel, Switzerland; Mulhouse, France; and Freiburg, Germany; is home to a considerable maintenance and completion i
Regulations and Government
Coming to America: U.S. aids import of mx workers
Here’s an entry worthy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not: in the midst of the Great Recession of 2009, as U.S.
