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
CD Aviation Services Gets Honeywell OK
Calgary, Alberta-based CD Aviation Services has joined the list of Honeywell appointed and approved TPE331 major level service centers, the company announc
Maintenance and Modifications
Blue Star Jets teams with mx resource
Jet Repair Anywhere (JRA), the Web-based global repair station portal and database, has announced a strategic alliance with charter broker Blue Star Jets (
Regulations and Government
SCR process in place to correct certification oversights
One of the tools in the FAA’s kit is the special certification review (SCR).
Maintenance and Modifications
New Firm To Provide Bizav MX in Europe
Iberia and Gestair formed a joint-venture company in Europe that will specialize in providing corporate aircraft maintenance, including AOG, line and sched
Maintenance and Modifications
Russia plans Eclipse factory
Despite the recent announcement that the Russian government would build the company a new factory in Ulyanovsk, embattled VLJ maker Eclipse Aviation (Booth
Maintenance and Modifications
Newly integrated StandardAero services more than just engines
StandardAero (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications
AIA Tackles Counterfeit Parts
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has launched a counterfeit parts “integrated project team” to create standards for government and industry to re
Maintenance and Modifications
Stage III hush kits revived
Hush kits developed by Stage III Technologies for Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Gulfstreams are back.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream again ranks No.1 in product support
The 2008 Product Support Survey conducted by Aviation International News revealed some interesting changes from last year, but once again Gulfstream rated
Maintenance and Modifications
M7 group touts role as supply-chain manager
San Antonio, Texas-based M7 Aerospace (Booth No.
Regulations and Government
SDR Database Undergoes Testing
The FAA’s Service Difficulty Reporting System (SDR) database is undergoing maintenance and should be available for queries after testing is complete, accor
Maintenance and Modifications
Few new details emerge on Dassault super-midsize jet
Some outlines of Dassault’s future super-midsize Falcon, codenamed SMS, are beginning to emerge, although the French manufacturer said it has no plan to un
Maintenance and Modifications
Nextant Moves 400NXT Schedule to the Left
Nextant Aerospace said it is accelerating deliveries of the 400NXT–serialized remanufactured Beechjets and Hawker 400XPs with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21
Maintenance and Modifications
Resurrected Stage III Hush Kit Firm To Debut at NBAA
Hush kits developed by Stage III Technologies for Rolls-Royce Spey-powered Gulfstreams are back with a new name and a new company.
Maintenance and Modifications
PremiAir Moving to New Base in October
In October, PremiAir will move into a newly refurbished hangar at Oxford Airport near London.
Maintenance and Modifications
Ohio Repair Station Adds Class 4 Rating
Constant Aviation has become the first Ohio maintenance facility to receive an FAA Class 4 repair station rating.
Maintenance and Modifications
Economical, Environmentally Friendly Aircraft Disposal
What do you do with an airplane when you’re done flying it and no one wants to buy it? According to Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) of Delft, Netherl
Maintenance and Modifications
M7 and San Antonio Aircraft Support Open Mod Center
M7 Aerospace and San Antonio Aircraft Support (SAAS) have launched a major modification center combining M7’s maintenance and engineering expertise with SA
Maintenance and Modifications
ExecuJet South Africa Moving Into New Facility
ExecuJet South Africa is adding maintenance services at its new FBO at Cape Town International Airport.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
BAE converts RJs for bizav
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft this year will deliver six more of its corporate-configured, four-engine Avro RJs for a variety of business and government op
Maintenance and Modifications
Simav improves carbon fiber recycling
French company Simav is developing a new thermal process, thermolysis, to recycle the carbon fiber contained in composite materials and claims that its pro
Maintenance and Modifications
Engine OEM mulls composite fan blades
UK-based Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace have established a joint venture to study the use of composite materials in fan blades.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lux sets sights on replacing nicad batteries with lithium
Lithium batteries, as used in cellphones, laptops and other electronic equipment, have been in the news recently, as airlines have severely limited their c
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer’s First U.S. Bizjet Service Center Opens
Embraer held a grand opening ceremony for its first dedicated U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Goguen Moves to Greenwich AeroGroup
After 12 years at Dassault Falcon, Gerald Goguen has joined Greenwich AeroGroup as executive vice president.
Maintenance and Modifications
Heico Expands PMA Offerings Despite Slowdown
PMA parts manufacturer Heico reported it is on track to meet its 2008 earnings-per-share guidance.
Maintenance and Modifications
‘Red Hot’ Bizav Maintenance Market Set To Soar
Consulting firm AeroStrategy sees a huge bump in business aircraft maintenance needs by 2012, due mainly to large numbers of deliveries during recent years
Security
FAA Must Pay in Lost Case Against Corporate Pilots
The NTSB’s chief administrative law judge on September 3 ordered the FAA to pay $12,475 in attorney fees and expenses to two pilots, whom the Agency had ac
FBOs
Cutter Aviation Integrates Maintenance Operations
Historically the individual properties of the 80-year-old Cutter Aviation FBO chain have operated semi-autonomously under the guidance of local general man
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Dusseldorf is now a Piaggio service center
Piaggio Aero has appointed Jet Aviation Dusseldorf an authorized service center for the Avanti/Avanti II turboprop twin.
