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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Hot section: Corjet Europe named gulfstream parts distribution center
Gulfstream Aerospace added another European parts distribution center to its product support network.
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Hot section: Aviall Wheel & Brake Services gets nod from xojet
Aviall Services’ product repair services division has signed a deal with XOJet to provide wheel repairs, overhauls and replacement services.
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Hot section: India joint venture to provide heavy iron maintenance
Heavy-iron operators traveling to India and the neighboring region will soon have
a maintenance option.
a maintenance option.
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Hot section: Dallas Airmotive expands PW305 capability
BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul company, Dallas Airmotive, has expanded PW305 capability at its Dallas Love Field (DAL) facility.
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Hot section: Sabreliner, AIRMARK to install GKN windshields in LearJETS
Airmark International, an independent Learjet parts distributor, has teamed with aviation services provider Sabreliner to install Airmark-provided GKN Aero
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Hot section: ARSA executive ambivalent about end of repair station nprm
Sarah MacLeod, executive director of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), is cautiously optimistic about the FAA’s recent withdrawal of a no
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Hot section: Embraer marks Le Bourget Service Center anniversary
This past March marked the first anniversary of Embraer’s Executive Jets Service Center at Le Bourget Airport (LBG), Paris, France.
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Hot section: Gulfstream launches parts warranty program
Gulfstream Aerospace has instituted a two-year parts warranty program.
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Hot section: Duncan Aviation to offer Phenom 100 service
With the recent completion of its first paint work for an Embraer Phenom 100 and the addition of line maintenance for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E,
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Hot section: california MRO offers international on-call service
Corona, Calif.-based Single Point of Contact has introduced a new service:
single-point assist maintenance service exclusively for overseas destinat
single-point assist maintenance service exclusively for overseas destinat
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MRO Profile: Capital City Jet Center
Brian Short, director of operations at Bolton Field’s Capital City Jet Center (CCJC), is a man with a vision.
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Offshore manufacturing raises industry questions
Like it or not, we live in a global economy.
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GDAS Closes at MSP
General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) plans to shutter its facility located at Minneapolis-St.
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EADS, mas to create regional MRO
EADS, mas to create regional MRO MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysian Airline System (MAS), and EADS SECA, a Pratt & Whi
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Maintained in the USA? Aviation’s scary little secret
So here’s a pop quiz (true or false) for all you aviation enthusiasts:
1. All employees in safety-sensitive positions at U.S.
1. All employees in safety-sensitive positions at U.S.
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Sikorsky Opens Korean Parts Depot
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) has opened a regional parts facility with Times Aerospace Korea (TAK) at the Gimpo Aerospace Complex in Gimpo City, Gyong
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Worldwide MRO market to top $55 billion by 2015
epair And Overhaul (MRO): A Global Market Report, Global Industry Analysts provides a comprehensive review of the MRO industry and quantifies potential in
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OEMs and small firms take maintenance services mobile
An aircraft on ground (AOG) event is an inconvenience operators want to fix swiftly, and OEMs and independent companies are launching mobile service teams
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CryptoFirewall designed to prevent counterfeiting
Parts counterfeiting presents a serious concern for manufacturers, and a California company has designed a technique to protect OEMs and operators.
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Dassault bolstering its Falcon support
Dismissing the current downturn as a temporary setback, Dassault is expanding its Falcon service center network, confident that deliveries planned over the
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FSF Weighs in on Foreign Repair Station Performance
Referring to the foreign repair station oversight language in the House FAA reauthorization bill (H.R.915) that passed last Thursday, William Voss, preside
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Firms Accredited To Give 2nd Life To Scrapped Aircraft
Salvaged aircraft parts can be a good deal or a dangerous one but members of AFRA–Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a non-profit industry association t
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BizJet Begins Its First A318 Elite Completion
BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik’s Tulsa, Okla.-based U.S.
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Greenwich AeroGroup To Acquire Banner Aerospace
Greenwich AeroGroup has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding and its aviation subsidiaries.
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BBA Opens Service Centers in South Africa, India
BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) group has expanded its international service support network with the opening of field service centers in J
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House Bill Could Make EASA Certification Unaffordable
Section 303 of the FAA Reauthorization Act (H.R.915), which comes up for a vote this week in the House, would require inspection of all foreign Part 145 ce
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Gulfstream To Lay Off Another 219 Employees
According to letters sent to the Texas Workforce Commission, Gulfstream Aerospace is laying off 219 Dallas-based employees.
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Millville Jet Center Financial Woes Deepen
Millville Jet Center’s financial predicament is making news for the second time since last November.
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Lufthansa Technik and eJet Services Offer CRJ Support
Lufthansa Technik and U.S.
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Dassault Launches Falcon Online Seminar Series
Dassault Falcon recently hosted the first Falcon e-Forum, an Internet-based seminar designed to provide Falcon operators with an exchange of information an
