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
Maintenance News: Book focuses on technician health issues
Numerous medical books are available for pilots, but until now mechanics and technicians have been on their own.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: ICG donation funds PAMA scholarship
ICG, a developer and manufacturer of satellite-based global voice and data communications for cabin and flight-deck operations, has donated $2,000 to the P
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Standard Aero recognized for being eco friendly
Standard Aero will eliminate tons of waste and reduce energy use and noise as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s top “green leadership” program.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Team maintenance venture in Asia-Pacific region
The development of a composite and metal bond component repair station is in progress in the Asia-Pacific region as a joint venture between Spirit AeroSyst
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Hawker Beechcraft names new rapid distributor
Hawker Beechcraft has selected India-based Arrow Aviation Services as an authorized parts distributor for Rapid Aircraft Parts Inventory and Distribution (
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Mayo Aviation adds service for King Air 90s and 200s
As a result of the expertise Mayo Aviation has gained by operating and maintaining its own fleet of Beech King Airs, it has added the King Air 90 and 200 s
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Lufthansa Technik gets German AEO status
German customs authorities have awarded Lufthansa Technik Logistik authorized economic operator (AEO) status in recognition of the company’s adherence to c
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: MXI Technologies introduces e-signatures
You can throw away your pen thanks to Mxi Technologies.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: PremiAir confirms oxford as new maintenance base
England’s Oxford Airport will be the new home of PremiAir’s fixed-wing maintenance operations.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Millville Jet Center
When it comes to getting your aircraft worked on, Millville Jet Center on Millville Municipal Airport in New Jersey has quite an appeal.
Training and Workforce
Maintenance industry needs professional standards
Almost everywhere I go, the subject of mechanics being recognized as professionals filters into the conversation.
Charter & Fractional
Alpha Flying, Atlas Aircraft Move into New Digs
Alpha Flying and sister company Atlas Aircraft Center are holding a grand opening celebration this afternoon for their new aviation complex at Pease Intern
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Unwilling to wait for new jets, buyers opt for CRJ conversions
With the backlog for new business jets extending years into the future in some cases, and with used large-cabin aircraft prices soaring, several enterprise
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Backs Down after MRO Company Fights Back`
After issuing emergency orders of revocation, the FAA agreed to rescind its revocation of Tulsa, Okla.-based Southwest Aviation Specialties’ repair station
Maintenance and Modifications
Diasbled passengers get a lift with Challenger mod
The flight department of Greek-based construction company Consolidated Contractors International was faced with a challenge when the group’s 82-year-old ch
Maintenance and Modifications
Miller and Goldsmith tied to buyers of Garrett facility
Among the key people associated with the buyers of Garrett Aviation’s Santa Barbara, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
Reduced life cycles prompt AD for CFE738
Revised lower life cycles of certain rotating parts of the CFE738 engines on the Falcon 2000 prompted a proposed AD to require replacement of these parts b
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance program available on Raytheon resales
Raytheon Aircraft and Jet Support Services Inc.
Maintenance and Modifications
Giant Citation service center to open in summer 2003
More than 18 months after it was revealed that Cessna was seeking corporate approval to build its largest ever Citation service center in Wichita, Cessna a
Engines
Walter Beech King Air 90 STC expanded
Clintonville, Wis.-based Performance Conversions has received an STC for installing 751-shp Czech-built Walter M601E-11 turboprop engines and five-blade Av
Maintenance and Modifications
GroWing Gets CAMO Plus Certification
The Swiss aircraft service provider groWing is Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) certified since last year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
GE to sell off Garett Santa Barbara
A General Electric spokesman confirmed the sale of its Garrett Santa Barbara completion center to Yankee Pacific and WestCap Partners Private Equity Fund.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
DeCrane expands, takes on BBJ completions
DeCrane Aircraft Systems’ PATS unit recently completed a 42,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility at Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del.
Maintenance and Modifications
Legacy service center named in Florida
Jet Aviation in West Palm Beach, Fla., was recently named an authorized service center by Embraer for its new Legacy, a 10- to 19- passenger business jet/c
Engines
New fan rotor disc must be installed on TFE731
Operators of about 1,100 Honeywell TFE731-2, -3 and -4 engines have until December 31 next year to replace fan rotor discs with improved ones under a new A
Maintenance and Modifications
Signature mx facility wins NetJets work
Signature Aircraft Engineering at London Luton Airport has been awarded contracts to provide scheduled maintenance for Dassault Falcon 2000s in the Europea
FBOs
Jet Aviation Looks West
Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation today signed a letter of intent with Ogden, Utah-based Kemp Development to open a new Midcoast Aviation maintenance
Maintenance and Modifications
ScanTech Installs Raisbeck EPIC on King Air
Denmark’s ScanTech has outfitted a King Air 200 from Swedish air ambulance operator Svensk Flygambulans AB with five Raisbeck EPIC Performance Systems at i
