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
Wi-Fi Coverage Now Standard with JSSI
Once a rare item on business jets, Wi-Fi is a feature most clients expect to see onboard, JSSI notes.
Charter & Fractional
DC Aviation Takes Steady Approach to DWC Growth
Early mover at DWC is optimistic that more robust growth is on the horizon, as it steadily builds its capacity and customer base.
Maintenance and Modifications
Van Horn LongRanger Blades Receive Brazil, Canada Nods
Brazilian and Canadian approval followed U.S. FAA STC in August.
Maintenance and Modifications
Russian Helicopters To Certify Egyptian MRO Center
Developed in partnership with the Helwan Factory for Developed Industries, the facility is currently performing its first pilot Mi-8 and Mi-17 overhauls.
Maintenance and Modifications
Airplus Maintenance Upgrades Phenom 300 for ADS-B
The upgrade, completed ahead of schedule, was the first for Airplus Maintenance on a Phenom 300.
Maintenance and Modifications
Execujet Haite Gets Aruba, Bermuda Maintenance Nod
The joint venture at China's Tianjin Binhai Airport adds to its approvals which include CAAC, FAA, EASA, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Macau.
Maintenance and Modifications
Executive Aircraft Maintenance Relocates to PHX
With its move from Scottsdale to a larger facility at Phoenix Sky Harbor, the company will turn its sights on servicing bigger aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications
Indian MRO Business Drowning in Tax Burden
The country’s ailing maintenance industry calls for an even playing field.
Maintenance and Modifications
ExecuJet's Malaysian MRO Gets FAA Approval
The company's 64,000 sq ft location is the largest in the country and provides Bombardier and Gulfstream authorized service.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Secures Commitments for G5000 Excel/XLS Upgrade
Garmin expects to obtain STC for the upgrade program in 2019.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Debuts New Widebody Completions Hangar
Designed to meet increasing demand, the 93,700 sq ft facility can hold two widebody projects at the same time.
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Adds Third Dallas Base with Flite Components
West Star sees "great synergies" between it newly acquired Flite Components and Dallas Aeronautical Services, which was added to the portfolio last year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Oriens Adds PC-12 Flight Training at London Biggin Hill
The UK's exclusive Pilatus service center and PC-12 sales dealer sees a growing number of the turboprop single at the airport.
Avionics
Nextant Receives STC for Challenger 604XT Flight Deck
The Nextant 604XT, the first business jet with touchscreen panel displays, has been approved by the FAA.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Boosts Support in North America, Europe
Bombardier is adding a seventh European line service center and five more MRT trucks in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation Celebrates Chattanooga Expansion
The MRO provider has added more than 100,000 sq ft of space, including a state-of-the-art paint shop to its Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport location.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Resumes TDR-94/94D Transponder Mods
A software upgrade is available for Rockwell Collins TDR-94/94D transponders at Duncan Aviation facilities.
Maintenance and Modifications
Episode 14: One Turn of the Wrench Exposes SMS Flaws | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast
A U.S. navy mechanic becomes determined to fix safety management systems after an accident revealed flaws in the safety program.
Maintenance and Modifications
MROinsider Brings Bizav Mx into the Internet Age
Platform hosts online marketplace for operators and service providers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aerotex Earns STCs for Bell Cabin Interior Kit
The wall blanket provides thermal insulation and sound reduction at a fraction of the weight of the standard cabin plastics.
Avionics
DC Aviation Becomes Rockwell Collins Authorized Dealer
The move gives Germany's largest aviation services provider access to Rockwell Collins' full line up of cabin and avionics solutions.
Maintenance and Modifications
King Aerospace Sees Record Growth, Jump in BBJ Business
Earnings are up 30 percent at King Aerospace, which has seven Boeing jets currently undergoing a range of work.
Maintenance and Modifications
Serbia Benefiting from Russian Interference in Regional MRO Activities
Russia is maintaining influence in eastern Europe by hampeing efforts by some nations to gain MRO business, while promoting Serbia's credentials
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Expands Recently Added Miami Location
The 30,000-sq-ft addition will make the location one of the world's largest aviation combustor overhaul providers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Australia Moves on New Genav Maintenance Rules
The draft of the proposed final rulemaking is scheduled to be issued for comments in the first quarter of next year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tamarack Teams with Eagle on Demo Day
The companies will showcase the installations on a CJ1 and CJ2+ at the event.
Maintenance and Modifications
eABS Supplement Boosts King Air 300 Runway Performance
Flight manual revision offers distance reductions of up to 7 percent on takeoff and 4 percent on landing under hotter, higher, and/or heavier conditions.
Maintenance and Modifications
Heatcon, Solvay Partner on Composites Distribution
Heatcon and Solvay Materials have partnered to deliver composite repair products to the aerospace industry.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hartzell Propeller Names New China Service Provider
Wuhan Hangda Aero & Technology Development Co. was designated as the airscrew maker's third in the country.
Maintenance and Modifications
NAC To Open Midrand Heliport
New facility will bring all NAC’s helicopter activities to one self-owned and operated center, including training and maintenance.
