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
Gulfstream Reduces Prices on More Parts
Prices of another 2,700 Gulfstream spare parts have been cut as of late last month.
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Cessna might build Arizona Citation service center
“The fleet is growing and we want to make the right decision at the right time.
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Jet Aviation facilities to become Legacy service centers
Embraer recently named the Jet Aviation maintenance facilities in Bedford/Boston, Dallas and Teterboro, N.J., authorized service centers for the Legacy.
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Components companies merge
Aircraft Components Company, of Tulsa, Okla., and Turbine Aircraft Components, of Addison, Texas, have merged and will operate under the name Aircraft Comp
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Duncan Aviation gets multiple aircraft STC for RAAS
Duncan Aviation has been awarded a “multiple aircraft type” STC for Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system (RAAS), allowing the company to instal
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Piedmont extends landing gear capabilities
Piedmont Aviation Component Services recently added ATR 42 landing gear to its list of capabilities.
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Elliott enters new market with recent paint jobs
A Challenger 600 and Falcon 50 recently rolled out of Elliott Aviation’s Moline, Ill.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Savannah Air Center Expands full-service facility
Some feel that the rise in publicly owned aviation companies managed by MBAs has resulted in a decline in personal service.
Maintenance and Modifications
Completions shop opens in Tucson
After numerous delays, start-up company DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center is open for business on Tucson International Airport’s south side.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Competitors Combine Forces in Tucson
In a city that already had two interior completion and refurbishment centers, one more might have been one too many.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation on Schedule To Deliver Airbus A320
Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, is well under way on an executive/VIP Airbus A320 interior it expects to deliver in July to a first-time customer.
Rotorcraft
MacCarthy Interiors Completes First S-92
MacCarthy Interiors in Surrey, England, has delivered its first Sikorsky S-92 with an executive interior.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Yingling Looks beyond Caravan Completion Work
Yingling Aviation recently opened a new 15,500-sq-ft facility that will include 12,000 sq ft of hangar space in addition to a customer spec room, shops and
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Phazar Getting Bigger To Take on Bigger Projects
Phazar Flight Support at Meacham nternational Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, is expanding.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sharp details offers Xzilon for aircraft cleaning
Sharp Details now offers Granitize Aviation International’s new product, Xzilon (pronounced zy-lon), an aircraft exterior high-solids formula corrosion inh
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BizJet International to provide maintenance in northeast
BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., announced a service-center agreement with FirstFlight Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of FBO Air, located at El
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FAA waives recurrent test for learjet 30s and 55
Bombardier Aircraft Services (BAS) has received approval from the FAA to eliminate skin contour tests for the ongoing operation of the Learjet 31, 35, 36 a
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TAC Air forms alliance with THI Maintenance at Shreveport
The Hangar Incorporated (THI) has entered an agreement with Shreveport, La.
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Corpair supply expands into Falcon and Haker markets
For years Corpair Supply of O’Fallon, Mo., has been closely associated with the repair and overhaul of Sabreliners.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Source combines avionics and maintenance facilities
A recently completed 120,000-plus-sq-ft facility is the new home of Jet Source Business Aviation Center at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif.
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Wing Aviation adds third paint facility in Houston
Less than two years after breaking ground on its second paint facility, Wing Aviation has announced that principal construction on its third paint hangar h
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CRS Jet spares receives ASA-100 certification
The Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA) has awarded its quality system standard ASA-100 to CRS Jet Spares.
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MRO Profile: Landmark Aviation
Newly named Landmark Aviation is still growing within the business aviation community, at least when it comes to name recognition.
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Torqued: Preparing for a new maintenance environment
During a discussion with a friend recently he touched on a problem he and most others in his industry are having.
Maintenance and Modifications
Completions/Mx Startup To Open in Basel
AMAC Aerospace is preparing to open a new business aviation completions, refurbishment and maintenance facility in Switzerland next August.
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MRO first to sign lease in Dubai
Livewel Aviation Services has signed the first lease for space at the newly launched Dubai World Central Aviation City on Al Maktoum International Airport,
Maintenance and Modifications
Landmark Aviation and Air Alliance offer engine repair
Landmark Aviation has expanded its agreement with Air Alliance of Germany to offer aircraft maintenance, repair, modification and completion to owners and
Maintenance and Modifications
CAE inks MX training agreement with Hawke Pacific and Falcon
CAE has signed a five-year agreement with Hawker Pacific to provide maintenance training for the company and its clients within the Southeast Asia region.
