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FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet

Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that

Dutch Investigators Cite Faulty Altimeter in Crash of Turkish Airlines 737-800

Dutch investigators have found that a faulty altimeter likely played a role in last week’s crash of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 on approach to Amster

Lyon’s Bizav Airport Still Bullish

Lyon Bron Airport, the business aviation field in France’s second largest city, is still betting on mid-term growth and is preparing to break ground on thr
Charter & Fractional

Berkshire Hathaway: FlightSafety Up, NetJets Down

Revenues at Berkshire Hathaway’s services group–which includes fractional provider NetJets and flight-training provider FlightSafety International–were $8.
Aircraft

Simulated Gulfstream G650 Makes First Flight

Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday said it reached a milestone in development work on the large-cabin G650 and announced that it achieved first flight of a sim
Regulations and Government

Obama Runs User Fees Up FY10 Budget Flagpole

A line in President Obama’s 134-page budget for Fiscal Year 2010 has put general aviation lobbyists on high alert.
Security

LASP Nets Record Number of Comments to TSA

In what is a record number of comments on a TSA rulemaking, aviation industry proponents flooded the Transportation Security Administration docket for the

GE Aviation Unveils New Systems Capacity in China

GE Aviation today announced the opening of a new systems manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.

Garuda Indonesia To Lease Eight 737-800s from DAE

DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing and financial business arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), yesterday signed an operating lease agreement with Garuda
Aircraft

Airbus Delivers 500th A321

Airbus delivered the 500th A321 ever produced to Air France during a ceremony held last Friday at the manufacturer’s Hamburg, Germany delivery center.
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FAA Settles for $7.5 Million Penalty against Southwest Airlines

The FAA yesterday reached a settlement with Southwest Airlines that reduces the civil penalty it proposed to levy against the carrier on March 6 last year
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Constant Aviation

Constant Aviation, a Nextant Aerospace company started by Kenn Ricci and Michael Rossi, was developed when the pair bought FBOs on Birmingham International
Maintenance and Modifications

Standardaero awarded approvals by EASA and FAA

Two new design organization approvals (DOA) for engine and auxiliary power unit design and repair have been awarded to StandardAero by the EASA and the FAA
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Jet Repair Anywhere's Janke re-elected to PAMA board

Cheryl Janke, CEO of Jet Repair Anywhere, has been re-elected to the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s Board of Directors.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier expands service & maintenance facility network

Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF) and boosted capabilities at two existing facilities– expanding its global network of a
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Embrear authorizes its first Indian service center

India’s Indamer, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aviation Holding, has been named an Embraer authorized executive jet service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA honors CD aviation services with Diamond Award

CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Neosho, Mo., a turbine engine maintenance facility, was awarded the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Certificat

Hot Section: Naples Jet Center approved as Venezuelan repair station

Naples Jet Center, based at Naples Municipal Airport, Fla., has been approved as a Venezuelan repair station by the Instituto Nacional de Aeronautica Civil
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Cessna opens Citation service center in Arizona

Cessna opened its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., last month, having moved to the area from Long
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Marshall Aerospace Approved for CAMO

New European legislation has opened the door for third-party organizations to be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: AMECO Beijing continues aggresive facilty expansion

Ameco Beijing held a grand completion ceremony on March 18 last year for its A380 hangar, the biggest aircraft maintenance building in Asia. Now, A
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: CRS gets AS9120 recertification

CRS Jet Spares announced recertification of its quality management system by the Bureau Veritas Certification in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and the corr
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA AVIATION ERO MOVES TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT

A new, larger facility adjacent to Deer Valley Airport in North Phoenix has become home to BBA Aviation engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Air
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Belt tightening measures implmented at Duncan Aviation

Duncan Aviation is cutting some production team members’ hours and implementing pay cuts in all other positions.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: Aviall to distribute CF34 parts

GE Aviation has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with Aviall Services that covers unique spare parts of the GE CF34-3 for the remaining life of th
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section:MRO to open in India

Duke Aviation will be opening the first independent MRO facility in India.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section: API becomes global distributer for saft batteries

Tennessee-based Aerospace Products has become an authorized worldwide distributor for SAFT aviation batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hot Section:Cessna employee sells stolen parts on eBay

A Cessna Aircraft A&P mechanic has been charged with one count of selling stolen aircraft parts.
Rotorcraft

S-76D takes to the air for the first time

Sikorsky’s S-76D made its first flight February 7 at the company’s West Palm Beach.
Safety

Eurocopter concerned about safety of STCs

Eurocopter has voiced concerns about the safety of supplemental type certificates (STC), claiming three times more accidents are caused by STC’d hardware t