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
AvCraft, BAE in Support Deal
Dornier 328JET certificate holder AvCraft Aerospace has recruited BAE Systems Regional Aircraft to take responsibility for spares storage, distribution and
Maintenance and Modifications
Component obsolescence will cost industry
Along with other industries, the aviation industry will face mounting costs if it fails
to deal with the problem of obsolescent components.
to deal with the problem of obsolescent components.
FBOs
Flightcraft reflects its proud history of service in the northwest
Flightcraft began operations in 1948, the year after the introduction of the Bonanza, and was one of the early stars in the Beechcraft dealer constellation
Maintenance and Modifications
Florida Service Station Approved for EU Aircraft
General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Fla., has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification and JAA approval.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier opens Teterboro facility to bizjet operators
Learjets and Challengers have a Teterboro (TEB) maintenance option as Bombardier is now offering drop-in and line service support at the repair station tha
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Stevens Aviation expands capacity in Greenville
Responding to customer demand for additional capacity, Stevens Aviation has added a 3 p.m.
Maintenance and Modifications
Airlog Imaging software lets users take control
AirLog Imaging is offering a Version II of its LBCD (Logbooks on CD).
Maintenance and Modifications
Financing available for Learjet 20 RVSM
Avcon Industries has a source of financing available for its reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) solution for the Learjet 20 series as well as for
Maintenance and Modifications
Conklin & De Decker releases MXManager 7.0
Conklin & de Decker has released the latest version of its maintenance management software.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bizjet International gets FAA OK on Tay engines
The FAA has authorized Tulsa, Okla.-based BizJet International to become a Rolls-Royce overhaul facility for the Tay 611-8.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avquotes.com signs aircraft composite
AvQuotes.com, an online aviation maintenance and refurbishment quote system, has added Aircraft Composite to its list of service providers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cutter Aviaiton adds Hawker maintenance at Phoenix
The FAA has certified Cutter Aviation’s Phoenix facility to perform full-service maintenance on the Hawker 800XP, 800 and 700.
Maintenance and Modifications
Super Bowl & Golf Outing raises scholarship money
The second annual Super Bowl party and golf tournament held at Houston-based Wing Aviation raised more than $13,000 for the Wing Aviation/PAMA Scholarship
Maintenance and Modifications
Pacific Northwest gets new Hartzell repair facility
Flightcraft, based at Portland, Ore.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Singapore performs its largest repair
Jet Aviation Singapore, the only Gulfstream authorized service center and warranty repair station in Asia, recently completed the replacement of both left
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Pentastar Aviation to provide ACJ handling
Pentastar Aviation has signed a five-year ground handling contract with Daimler- Chrysler Aviation for its Airbus A319 shuttle.
Maintenance and Modifications
Enstrom upgrades turbine air conditioner unit
The Enstrom 480 series has an upgraded air conditioning unit that the FAA recently certified.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Aviation celebrates 50 years of family-run operation
The old saw “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it” could conceivably have been first uttered by a Duncan Aviation employee.
Aircraft
Amended RVSM STC Will Include More Learjet 35/36s
West Star Aviation in Grand Junction, Colo., is working with the FAA to amend its Learjet 35/36 RVSM STC to include models with the FC-530 autopilot, FC-20
Maintenance and Modifications
Canada Approves 737 Fuel-savings Mod
AvAero of Safety Harbor, Fla., announced that Falconbridge Mining is the first customer for the FuelMizer aerodynamic modification of the Boeing 737-200/30
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Tucson Continues Refurbs
Bombardier has closed its green completion center in Tucson, but it is still doing business aircraft interior refurbishment at its adjacent Tucson Service
Aircraft
Canada signs off on Hawker 800 winglets
Aviation Partners said last month it received Transport Canada certification of its Hawker 800 blended winglet modification.
Aircraft
Hawker 800XP Winglets FAA Certified
Three months after receiving certification for its winglets on the Hawker 800, Aviation Partners has received FAA approval for installing winglets on the H
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon Aircraft rolls back parts prices
Raytheon Aircraft is rolling back the prices of more than 17,500 parts, allowing Beechcraft and Hawker customers “to purchase parts at a reduced price–many
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star named Citation service center
Cessna named West Star Aviation of Grand Junction, Colo., an authorized Citation service center and warranty fulfillment facility, one of six non-factory-o
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McKinney Aerospace sold to Aeros Aviation
Aeros Aviation of McKinney, Texas, purchased McKinney Aerospace, a modification and service center also based in McKinney.
Maintenance and Modifications
Pilatus to retrofit PC-12s with engine fix
Pilatus Aircraft is working with engine supplier Pratt & Whitney Canada and Woodward Governor of Rockford, Ill., to roll out an “aggressive campaign” to re
Maintenance and Modifications
Boxed in at São Paulo, TAM to move mx shop
Táxi Aéreo Marília (TAM) plans to transfer nearly all of its maintenance activity from São Paulo Congonhas Airport, Brazil, to the nearby Jundiaí Airport,
