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
Jet East Aviation Courting A&Ps at NBAA Regional Forum
Positions require a minimum of three years experience working on business aircraft.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Skandia's PC-12 Soundproofing Kit Gets FAA Nod
System was found in tests to reduce overall sound by 4dB (SIL) in PC-12s, as well as improve thermal insulation properties.
Maintenance and Modifications
ASESA Signs Able as Repair and Overhaul Provider
Aeroservicios Especializados named Able Aerospace an exclusive provider of component repairs, overhauls, and exchanges for its helicopter fleet in Mexico.
Maintenance and Modifications
AsBAA Declares War against Corrosion
Correcting corrosion problems is an expensive proposition compared with preventing them, AsBAA emphasizes.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Adds G600, G650 to Training Lab
The newest additions to the airframer's On-the-Job Training Lab allows new employees the opportunity for hands-on training in a realistic environment.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sikorsky Ramps Up Brazilian Product Support
A major expansion of its forward stocking location, and the introduction of in-country rotor blade repair for the S-92 will drive increased availability.
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation Ramps Up Recruitment
West Star is hoping to fill more than 50 aircraft technician openings with skill levels from recent graduates to lead technicians.
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Completes 20th Avance L5 Installation
StandardAero has been among the top sellers of the system that was released in 2017, accounting for 20 Avance L5 installations of the nearly 100 total.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream's Support Organization Gets New Name
The newly dubbed Customer Support organization puts focus "squarely where it should be," says the organization's president Derek Zimmerman.
Maintenance and Modifications
ST Engineering Opens Florida MRO with UPS as Launch Customer
New 173,500-sq-ft Florida facility can perform heavy and line maintenance, as well as modifications, on narrowbody and widebody jets.
Maintenance and Modifications
Stevens Aviation Receives Nod as Jet Aviation Vendor
Stevens Aviation's mobile repair teams will support Jet Aviation Flight Services managed aircraft.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bell Taps Ruag for Jet Ranger X Service, Reassembly
The Ruag helicopter services center earned the approval ratings for the Bell 505 under its EASA Part 145 certificate.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Increases Engine Support along Florida Gulf
Warren Wiatrek relocated from Duncan's Lincoln, Nebraska facility to Tampa to help fill a gap in need for additional engine services.
Maintenance and Modifications
TAG Aviation To Establish Mx Control Center in Portugal
The maintenance control center in Lisbon will streamline requests for AOG and mobile repair team support with one 24-hour customer service phone number.
Maintenance and Modifications
Team MSU Speeds Textron Support Solutions
Textron Aviation continues investments in European product support
Aircraft
Aero-Dienst Marks 60 Years of Growth
German full-service provider adds jets to fleet, expands MRO services
Maintenance and Modifications
Av8 Sees Massive Pent Up Demand For PMA Parts in Bizav
New PMA specialist has created a range of parts for its own landing gear overhaul business, and now has set up dedicated company.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation Highlights Its Interior Designers in New Video
With a theme of "Inspiration Beyond Regulation," the global service provider illustrates what motivates its design staff.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Ramps Up Customer Experience
Bombardier is adding a second mobile response team jet, a Challenger 300, in Europe.
Aircraft
LegendAire Looking To Expand East from Cyprus Base
Bombardier MRO specialist LegendAire consolidates Cyprus base with Paphos Satellite Line Station Approval.
Maintenance and Modifications
Textron Aviation Adds Biggin Hill Line Station
New line station is just the latest in a long line of improvements to Textron Aviation's support infrastructure in Europe.
Maintenance and Modifications
As ADS-B Mandates Loom, Equipage Slots Dwindle
Duncan Aviation offers its European affiliate JetSupport to handle customers in the region.
Maintenance and Modifications
Pilatus PC-12 Mx Intervals Extended
Operators will see lower direct operating costs thanks to an increase in intervals.
Aircraft
Piaggio Reveals New Upgrade Options, 100th Logo
The Italian manufacturer believes it could establish a production line in China with a joint-venture partner, to produce Avanti Evo turboprops there.
Aircraft
AMAC Bags VVIP 747-8i Completion
Swiss company touts developments in completions and facility expansions.
Aircraft
GAMA Updates Brexit Paper, Expresses Grave Concerns Over Political Delays
GA manufacturers association was an early mover after the Brexit vote but says its members are starting to assume the worst.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
JSSI Buys Conklin & de Decker
The move, JSSI's first outside acquiistion, bolsters its recently-launched advisory services business.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
AMAC Becomes Completion Center for ACJ350 XWB
The Basel-based company has also established a large hangar at Bodrum-Milas Airport in southwest Turkey, offering handling and maintenance.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream To Build New Service Center at Farnborough
All-new hangar will include offices and workshops, with capacity for up to 13 long-range business jets.
Aircraft
Flying Colours Completes World's First Medevac Challenger 650
Canadian MRO specialist plans to deliver two more of the medevacs by year's end, sees "spike" in global market.
