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
Comlux Expanding VIP Completions with IndyJet Buy
Comlux America, a newly created subsidiary of Comlux The Aviation Group, has purchased Indianapolis Jet Center, located at Indianapolis International Airpo
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Cessna’s Mesa Center Nearly Ready for Business
Cessna Aircraft’s new service center in Mesa, Ariz., will open in January, replacing the company’s facility in Long Beach, Calif.
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Duncan Aviation Adding New Provo Maintenance Base
By August 2010, Duncan Aviation will open its third full-service business aviation maintenance facility–at Provo Municipal Airport in Utah.
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Innotech Aviation Adds Filter Installs, Paint Facility
Under a partnership agreement signed with Air Data, Innotech Aviation’s Montreal completion center will install Air Data JetAir bio-protection systems (BPS
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Gulstream adds Brazil firm to product-support network
Morro Vermelho Taxi Aereo (MVTA) in São Paulo, Brazil, has been added to Gulfstream Aerospace’s international product-support network.
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Hong Kong and Singapore sign MOU aircraft maintenance
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD) have signed an enhanced memorandum of understanding (M
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European engineering schools to get Fokker F27s
Netherlands-based AELS, a company that develops sustainable aircraft end-of-life strategies, is offering nine complete Fokker F27s, currently parked at Col
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Metrojet hosts first safety FlightSafety Asian training
The Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre at Hong International Airport recently hosted the first FlightSafety International G450 maintenance initial and fift
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BBA Aviation to enhance its global helicopter support
“The rotorcraft segment is a strategic focus for BBA Aviation,” said Nandu Madireddi, senior vice president of BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO
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Engine OEM adds parts facility in Sydney, Australia
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has established a new parts distribution center in Sydney, Australia.
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CD Aviation Services designated Honeywell services center
Honeywell has appointed CD Aviation Services (CDAS) a TPE331 major level service center.
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Embraer and Aeroméxico Connect sign service contract
Embraer and Aeroméxico Connect signed a long-term Parts Pool Program services contract to support their growing fleet of Embraer ERJ 145s and E190s.
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DOT IG Wants More Third-party Maintainer Oversight
Following a congressionally ordered probe of outsourced aircraft maintenance by the DOT Inspector General, the FAA and air carriers were put on notice to i
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StandardAero Maryville Ready for PW600 Service
StandardAero last month concluded a shakedown run of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 at the company’s new test cell facility in Maryville, Tenn.
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Jet Aviation to Expand Moscow Maintenance Base
A memorandum of understanding between Jet Aviation and Vnukovo Invest, co-owner of Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, has created a joint venture that w
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Crownair Buys VNY’s RoigWest Maintenance
San Diego-based Crownair has acquired RoigWest Maintenance, a turbine aircraft maintenance and support center at Van Nuys Airport, the third busiest genera
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A&P gets four years in prison for parts scheme
Brian Snyder, owner and operator of aircraft repair business Smooth Landings, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison.
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West Star Aviation restructures maintenance department
The Dallas facility of West Star Aviation has restructured its maintenance department.
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Finnair and Finncomm open ATR MRO
ATR turboprop aircraft maintenance is being developed in Finland as a result of
a joint venture by Finnair and Finncomm Airlines.
a joint venture by Finnair and Finncomm Airlines.
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Rapco fleet support gets PMA for Sabreliner brakes
Sabreliner 40 and 60 operators now have another choice for aircraft equipped with ABSC (Goodyear) brakes.
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StandardAero gets STC for King Air 200 PT6A-42 upgrade
StandardAero has received STC approval to remove P&WC PT6A-41 engines on the Beechcraft King Air 200 and replace them with new or serviceable PT6A-42 engin
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King Air Upgrade Is Blackhawk’s 200th
Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.
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Lou Martin Touts Composites Companies
Louis Martin wants his company, Technical Composites Corp., to “seek its own level in the industry,” as a distinct and growing brand, though still connecte
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Korry Makes the Switch for HondaJet
Korry Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Esterline Corp., is at Booth No.
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Honeywell Adds Service Center in Denmark
DAO Aviation, located at Roskilde Airport near Copenhagen, Denmark, has been designated as a Honeywell authorized TPE331 major level service center.
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StandardAero To Install Blended Winglets
Aviation Partners has selected StandardAero (Booth No.
