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
Coca-Cola orders blended winglets for Hawker fleet
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Atlanta-based corporate flight department ordered four blended winglet shipsets from Aviation Partners to equip its Raytheon Hawker
Maintenance and Modifications
CD Aviation services positions rep in Europe
Neosho, Mo.-based CD Aviation Services (CDAS) has opened an office in Sweden.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier moves to support team concept
Recognizing the complexity customers face when they have to work with multiple people during maintenance, Bombardier has created customer support teams tha
Maintenance and Modifications
K&F Industries and Meggitt-USA To Merge
Stockholders approved the merger of White Plains, N.Y.-based K&F Industries Holdings, makers of aircraft brake and fuel components, and avionics manufa
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Mod firms give Citation II more power
If two competing companies have their way, Cessna 550 owners will soon be able to take their jet farther and higher, all while paying less per mile to do i
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NATA Attacks Operational, Maintenance Problems
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) issued a call to action last week related to maintenance issues for charter operators.
Maintenance and Modifications
Falcon Jet’s U.S. completion center ramps up for Falcon 7X
Dassault Falcon Jet’s Little Rock, Arkansas completion center is ramping up its capacity to meet demand for Dassault’s newly certified Falcon 7X, while con
Aircraft
Bombardier Expands Completions Network
Midcoast Aviation and Savannah Air Center were selected as factory authorized preferred completion centers to conduct interior completions for the Bombardi
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Ruag purchases Pilatus subsidiary
Swiss group Ruag Aerospace is here at EBACE (Booth No.
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Gulfstream Expands Savannah Presence
Gulfstream Aerospace broke ground on a new manufacturing site last month.
Maintenance and Modifications
Fewer VLJ deliveries forecast this year
Germany-based aerospace consultancy PMI-Media has lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year based on production difficulti
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HSI To Support Eurocopters
Helicopter Support has received certification from American Eurocopter to support the AS 350, AS 355, EC 120 and BO 105.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance conference focuses on ‘soft’ skills
Recognizing the managerial potential of the maintenance technician was among the issues under discussion at the 16th annual NBAA Maintenance Management Con
Maintenance and Modifications
Dallas Airmotive adds PW500 repairs to Portsmouth facility
Dallas Airmotive has expanded the services of its Regional Turbine Center (RTC) in Portsmouth, England, with the addition of repair, hot-section inspection
Maintenance and Modifications
AMT Association donates Taylor bust
The Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Association is donating a bronze bust of Charles E.
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NetJets honors Gulfstream with MX award
For the second year in a row the Gulfstream Service Center in Dallas has received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its excellence in base maintenance o
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Embraer chooses Menlo for Asian parts support
Brazilian airframer Embraer has selected Menlo’s Singapore Logistics Centre as regional hub for service parts warehousing and fulfillment in Asia.
Maintenance and Modifications
Falcon 2000/EX/EASy APU Firewall option offered
Falcon 2000 and 2000EX/EASy owners now have the option of replacing their damaged OEM APU firewalls with a significantly strengthened APU firewall repairab
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS Jet Spares to carry Perkins windshields
Perkins Aircraft Windows signed an agreement with CRS Jet Spares for that company to stock and distribute Perkins-manufactured windows and windshields.
Maintenance and Modifications
MX industry survey highlights growth
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), which represents nearly 700 members of the international aviation maintenance and alteration community,
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall to acquire Sisu services
Aviall has reached an agreement to acquire certain assets of Sisu Services, a supplier of aircraft brake and wheel services, parts and technical informatio
Maintenance and Modifications
Banyan announced as Blackhawk mod center
Blackhawk Modification recently announced the addition of Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to its global distributor network of authorized engi
Maintenance and Modifications
California company plans to expand MX operation
California company plans to expand mX Operation As FBOs go, 10-year-old Jet Source, of Carlsbad, Calif., is fairly young.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA warns operators about illegal parts
The FAA last month issued an Unapproved Parts Notification for George Myles and his company, Miles Aviation of Pompano Beach, Fla., nearly a month after a
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Warns Operators of Unapproved Parts Business
The FAA last week issued an Unapproved Parts Notification for George Myles and his company, Miles Aviation of Pompano Beach, Fla., nearly a month after a U
Maintenance and Modifications
Feras Handling Group Making Westward Move
Business Aviation handling group Feras, perhaps best known for its support services network in eastern and central Europe and the CIS, continues to expand
FBOs
Jet Aviation Sale To Permira Signals ‘End of an Era’
Zurich-based worldwide aviation service company Jet Aviation is being acquired by Permira, a European-headquartered private-equity group.
Maintenance and Modifications
Groups Ask for Six-month Delay of Insulation Rules
Last week, representatives from industry associations met with the FAA to discuss new regulations regarding aircraft insulation that they believe pose “a s
