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Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Metro Aviation gets Bell 407 FAA repair station authorization
Metro Aviation has earned FAA Part 145 repair station status to perform maintenance and repair on Bell 407s.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: New Inlet Barrier Filter Coming for EC 135
Aerospace Filtration Systems is partnering with Metro Aviation to develop a new Eurocopter EC 135 inlet barrier filter (IBF) system.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Soar and Sabena Technics form working agreement
HSource One Aircraft Repair (Soar), an aftermarket AOG and field repair service, has partnered with MRO Sabena Technics to provide AOG repair services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: FAA safety alert cites Learjet 60 tire inflation concern
The Learjet Model 60 is the subject of a recent FAA Safety Alert for Operators (Safo) to maintain the correct tire pressures.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: StandardAero Gets STC for King Air 200 PT6A-52 Program
StandardAero has received supplemental type certification (STC) to remove Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 or -42 series engines on the Beechcraft King Air 2
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Corporate jet support offers 24/7 on-call Maintenance
Expanding its service capability, Corporate Jet Support (CJS) is offering on-call maintenance service to all operators either traveling to or based in the
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: HBC Expands INDY Service Center; intros Parts Price Matching
A newly expanded Hawker Beechcraft factory-owned aircraft maintenance and service facility has opened on Indianapolis International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: FAA Approves ODA for Multiple Gulfstream Facilities
Gulfstream Aerospace recently received an expansion of its
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Dallas Airmotive Opens Regional Headquarters in Brazil
Dallas Airmotive, BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company, has opened a sales and service regional headquarters in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: …and Adds More Bells to Digital Airframe Libraries
New digital libraries for the Bell 204B, 214B/B1, 214ST, 222, 222B, 222U, 230, 430, 427 and 412EP are now available on the ATP NavigatorV desktop viewer.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Aircraft Technical Publishers Web Site broadens Offerings…
At a time when many companies are taking a wait-and-see attitude regarding expansion, Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has introduced a new Web site con
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Maintenance foundation Expands Scholarship Program
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Foundation (PAMF) has initiated the “Under Our Wing: Future Aviation Maintenance Professionals” campaign to help stre
Sustainability and Environment
EAA AirVenture boosts recycling effort
The 578,000 or so people who attended this year’s EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wis., consumed beverages contained in at least six tons of packaging.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: EASA OKs Inlet Barrier Filter for MD Helicopters
Aerospace Filtration Systems (AFS) has received an STC from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for an inlet barrier filter (IBF) system for MD Heli
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Eclipse Won’t Reopen Albany Service Center
Eclipse Aerospace, formerly
Baboo retools amid the financial crunch
Swiss regional airline Baboo is consolidating activities following a hectic 18 months in which the carrier appointed new management, adopted a new brand an
FBOs
Jet Aviation Beijing in new digs
After joining the Phillips 66 aviation fuel dealer network, FBO and charter/management company Trego-Dugan Aviation announced that it is offering dou
Abbott named new ExecuJet FBO director
Jet Aviation’s Beijing, China, operation, a joint venture among Jet Aviation, Deer Air and Reach Investment established before last year’s Olympic Games, h
Regulations and Government
De-icing rule extension sought
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has joined with other aviation associations to ask the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a 60-da
European regionals weather the economic storm
European Regions Airline Association director-general Mike Ambrose struck an extraordinarily positive tone during a recent interview with AIN as the recess
FBOs
Air BP expands at five airports
Air BP Aviation Services has added five FBOs to its fuel dealer network, and all accept the Air BP Sterling Card.
FBOs
Sole FBO facility opens at new Missouri airport
It took just 22 months for the new airport in Branson, Mo., to be built, from the first movement of earth by McAninch Construction in July 2007 to the firs
Rotorcraft
Italy tests first dedicated route for low-level IFR helo flying
A recent study of the transportation infrastructure in Italy determined the nation needs a means of effecting a major improvement in the flow of traffic be
Charter & Fractional
The Fractional Market
The recession has dealt an enormous blow to the fractional share industry.
FBOs
TAC Air plans new facility at Blue Grass Airport
The TAC Air chain, with 13 FBOs in the U.S., has broken ground on a new development at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky.
Aircraft
FAA approves Falcon 7X for steep approaches
The Falcon 7X in August received FAA approval for steep approaches, after a process that involved testing the Dassault large-cabin business jet at slopes u
Air Routing unveils online flight-planning products
Poised to chip away at flight-planning monolith Universal, Air Routing unveils a new suite of online flight-planning products and services this month.
Airports
Santa Monica attracts more attention
ttle at Southern California’s Santa Monica Airport, which is trying to ban approach category C and D aircraft from operating at the airport.
