First Aviation Services will sell its majority interest in Aerospace Products International (API) to Cleveland-based private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners. API is a global aviation parts and equipment distributor that also provides supply chain management services to the aviation industry. Resilience, which manages funds with more than $320 million in assets, says it will inject significant capital to make API more competitive and dynamic.
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.
March 27, 2013 - 1:05pm
StandardAero announced that its components business in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been designated a foreign trade zone. FTZs are sites approved by the Foreign Trade Zone Board where imported goods can be stored or processed with duty-free treatment on items that are re-exported or where duty payment can be deferred.
March 27, 2013 - 1:00pm
Jettech has added the Citation V to its expanding fleet of Garmin G600 RVSM-equipped 500-series Cessna Citations. The FAA has awarded Jettech a supplemental type certificate for the glass-panel EFIS installation modification covering 259 legacy 560-series Citations. With this STC, Jettech now offers installation kits for the Citation 500, 501, 550, 551, S550 and the 560 with serial numbers 0001 through 0259.
March 27, 2013 - 12:55pm
Jet Aviation St. Louis received its first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) last month, and a second is scheduled to arrive later this spring. Both aircraft will undergo maintenance and minor interior upgrades. Construction of a hangar sized for single-aisle bizliners, training of technicians and investment in infrastructure paved the way for the BBJ projects. The MRO sent technicians to its sister facility in Basel, Switzerland, to gain first-hand experience working on BBJs. The cooperative work program began in early 2010.
March 27, 2013 - 12:50pm
Constant Aviation of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has named David Bowman v-p operations. Bowman joins the organization from Honeywell International, where he spent more than 28 years in various management positions, including several years in senior leadership roles. In his last role as senior business manager, site leader, he was responsible for overseeing multiple locations within the company’s aviation electronics aftermarket repair and overhaul business. Bowman will oversee the MRO’s four locations and more than 200 employees in Cleveland.
March 27, 2013 - 12:45pm
Brian Dannewitz has taken the position of president of Greenwich AeroGroup’s Professional Aviation Associates. Dannewitz began his aviation career serving in the Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve in various aircraft maintenance positions. In the course of the last 25 years he has held leadership positions with companies such as Pratt & Whitney, Northwest Airlines, Midway Airlines and AAR Defense Systems.
March 27, 2013 - 12:40pm
The FAA has adopted a new Airworthiness Directive (AD) for all AgustaWestland A109, A109A, A109A II, A109C, A109K2, A109E, A109S and A119 helicopters. It was prompted by the failure of the tail rotor pitch control link assembly on an A109E, caused by a production defect. The AD requires inspecting the link assembly for freedom of movement and taking corrective action if rotation resistance or binding occurs.
March 21, 2013 - 3:05pm
Jet Aviation St. Louis welcomed its first Boeing Business Jet last month and its second BBJ is scheduled to arrive this spring, the company announced today. Both aircraft will have maintenance and minor interior upgrades performed at the facility. To capture BBJ completions and maintenance work at the St. Louis outpost, the company built a hangar sized for single-aisle bizliners and invested in other infrastructure. It has also sent St. Louis technicians to Jet Aviation’s sister facility in Basel, Switzerland, to gain first-hand experience working on BBJs.
March 20, 2013 - 2:40pm
Dassault Falcon will host 11 regional maintenance & operations (M&O) seminars in seven countries this year. Regional seminars provide Falcon operators an opportunity to communicate directly with Dassault’s specialists, engineering teams and pilots. Dassault specialists will be on hand to demonstrate the company’s latest service products and programs, including EASy II, electronic flight bags and cabin entertainment systems.
March 20, 2013 - 2:30pm
Duncan Aviation Lincoln has always had a Gulfstream presence, but the unveiling of the 45,000-sq-ft paint facility last May and construction of two 40,000-sq-ft maintenance hangars scheduled to be in service in Lincoln next year have paved the way for team members to offer both paint and maintenance to Gulfstream operators.
