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
CertificatE Reinstated, AAR Resumes Operations
AAR Landing Gear Services and the FAA have entered into a Consent Order that terminates the FAA’s emergency order of suspension.
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Hot Section: Golfstream completes 2,000th support flight
Gulfstream Aerospace recently completed its 2,000th airborne product support flight, achieving the milestone seven years after introducing the on-demand ma
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JetDirect Sells JetCorp to Flying Colours
JetDirect Aviation this week sold the assets of maintenance provider JetCorp to Flying Colours of Peterborough, Ontario.
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New Company Formed To Offer Eclipse Maintenance
A group of experienced former Eclipse Aviation workers appears to have launched a company calle
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Technician Charged with Selling Stolen Aircraft Parts
An aircraft maintenance technician who worked for Cessna Aircraft has been charged with one count of selling stolen aircraft parts, according to the U.S.
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Dallas Airmotive Moves Into Cessna Service Center
Cessna and BBA Aviation Engine Repair & Overhaul Group subsidiary Dallas Airmotive have partnered to install a regional turbine center in the OEM’s lar
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Flaps Retrofit Set for Early Embraer Phenom 100s
Embraer is paying for a service bulletin to replace flap-controller units in the first 10 to 20 Phenom 100 very light jets.
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Duncan Aviation Ready for Embraer Phenom Service
Owners and operators of Embraer Phenom 100s that are entering into service can have their new very light jets serviced at Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Neb.,
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Duncan Aviation Layoffs First in Company History
After trying to cut costs by reducing wages and work hours, Duncan Aviation has “had to implement a reduction in its nationwide work force.” It is the firs
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Maintenance Techs Discuss 7X in Dassault E-forums
Dassault Falcon has launched its new “E-forum” series of Internet-based communication seminars.
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Interjet Acquired, Plans Growth in Southern Africa
Interjet Group, based at Lanseria International Airport in South Africa, has been purchased by Paul Ludick and TEIM Ventures.
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ExecuJet Expands Asia Pacific Presence
ExecuJet Aviation is stepping up the expansion of its business aviation support business in the Asia Pacific region with new maintenance and handling facil
Regulations and Government
Cessna: Aircraft Upgrades Could Yield Tax Benefits
Cessna Aircraft is reminding Citation owners that enhancements made to their business aircraft this year might qualify for the new bonus depreciation tucke
Aircraft
FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet
Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that
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FAA Clarifies Meaning of ‘Current’ for Mx Programs
FAR 91.409(f)(3) requires aircraft owners and operators to maintain their aircraft in accordance with a “current inspection program recommended by the manu
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MX Jet Service Receives Honeywell Line Designation
Last month Honeywell designated MX Jet Service an authorized line service provider for TFE731-series turbofans and 36-100 and -150 APUs.
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Spares Cost Less with Cost-containment Program
The cost of maintaining older Bombardier Challengers and Globals can be reduced by as much as 50 percent under Challenger Spares & Support’s cost-conta
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Hot Section: Marshall Aerospace Approved for CAMO
New European legislation has opened the door for third-party organizations to
be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
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Hot Section: Cessna opens Citation service center in Arizona
Cessna opened its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., last month, having moved to the area from Long
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FAA honors CD aviation services with Diamond Award
CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Neosho, Mo., a turbine engine maintenance facility, was awarded the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Certificat
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Hot Section: Embrear authorizes its first Indian service center
India’s Indamer, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aviation Holding, has been named an Embraer authorized executive jet service center.
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Bombardier expands service & maintenance facility network
Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF) and boosted capabilities at two existing facilities– expanding its global network of a
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Hot Section: Jet Repair Anywhere's Janke re-elected to PAMA board
Cheryl Janke, CEO of Jet Repair Anywhere, has been re-elected to the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s Board of Directors.
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Standardaero awarded approvals by EASA and FAA
Two new design organization approvals (DOA) for engine and auxiliary power unit design and repair have been awarded to StandardAero by the EASA and the FAA
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MRO Profile: Constant Aviation
Constant Aviation, a Nextant Aerospace company started by Kenn Ricci and Michael Rossi, was developed when the pair bought FBOs on Birmingham International
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Eurocopter Plans Aberdeen Service Facility
Eurocopter will break ground next month on a new helicopter service and simulator facility in Kirkhill Commercial Park near Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, a m
Safety
Eurocopter concerned about safety of STCs
Eurocopter has voiced concerns about the safety of supplemental type certificates (STC), claiming three times more accidents are caused by STC’d hardware t
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Hot Section:Cessna employee sells stolen parts on eBay
A Cessna Aircraft A&P mechanic has been charged with one count of selling stolen aircraft parts.
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Hot Section: API becomes global distributer for saft batteries
Tennessee-based Aerospace Products has become an authorized worldwide distributor for SAFT aviation batteries.
