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Maintenance and Modifications

Atlantic Turbines transforms to Vector Aerospace brand

Atlantic Turbines International (Atlantic), a Vector Aerospace company, launched its new company brand, Vector Aerospace Engine Services Atlantic, in an an
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream breaks ground on phase two of service center

The second phase of a new Savannah Service Center for Gulfstream Aerospace is under way and slated to enter service by next year’s third quarter.
Maintenance and Modifications

$14 million expansion planned at HBS Indianapolis

Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) is spending $14 million to expand its aircraft maintenance and service facility at Indianapolis International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

ATP signs agreement with Honeywell Aerospace

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) announced an expanded agreement with Honeywell to republish and distribute technical publications for Honeywell engine,
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream adds authorized repair facility in Spain

Corjet Europe of Madrid, Spain, has been named a Gulfstream-authorized warranty repair facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

GKN Aerospace offers cost-effective composite repair

The issue of composite repair has grown in significance with the wider use of the material in airframe construction.
Maintenance and Modifications

ATI to begin offering JT15D overhaul service

Aviation Turbines International (ATI), an Avmats-related company, is currently providing hot-section and repair services for the JT15D and will add JT15D e
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation gets FAA repair station Class 4 rating

The FAA has given a Class 4 repair station rating to Constant Aviation of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

With Basel shop, LHT expands maintenance and completions

Lufthansa Technik, the MRO and completions arm of the German flag carrier, has taken over the maintenance shop of Swiss European Air Lines at Basel EuroAir

Republic E170s to spell Midwest 717s

Midwest Airlines will replace all but nine of its Boeing 717s with 12 Embraer E170s flown by Indianapolis-based Republic Airways as part of an effort to re

Virgin Nigeria takes its first E190

Virgin Nigeria took delivery of its first Embraer E190 in late September during a ceremony held at Embraer’s manufacturing plant in São Jose dos Campos, Br
Regulations and Government

DOT to press ahead with New York slot auctions

The Department of Transportation has announced it will press forward with plans to auction takeoff and landing slots at the three major New York-area airpo

Pinnacle To Fly Ex-Mesa CRJ900s

Pinnacle Airlines has agreed to fly–at least temporarily–the seven Bombardier CRJ900s Delta Air Lines had told Mesa Air Group it would pull from their serv

Regionals Join EFB Trial

Piedmont Airlines and SkyWest Airlines will each receive $600,000 from the FAA as part of a $5 million program to fund in-cockpit runway safety systems, in

Embraer Delivers Pair of Firsts

Embraer in late August celebrated the first delivery of E190s to two new customers–China’s Kunpeng Airlines and TACA Airlines of El Salvador.

Flybe Earns Embraer Service Nod

Embraer and Flybe Aviation Services have signed a five-year contract that names the UK regional aircraft maintenance company an authorized service center f
Accidents

Helitech '08: Accident stats in hand, European team moves to develop safety plan

The European helicopter safety team (Ehest) released the preliminary results of the first European-wide helicopter accident study on October 13, during a c
Rotorcraft

Helitech '08: Semia Introduces Autonomous Vibration-check Device

Semia, a French manufacturer of maintenance equipment, was at Helitech 2008 exhibiting the Syntham 5000, a new engine vibration-check device that can monit
Rotorcraft

Helitech '08: Portugal’s EMA Reflects on Kamov Ka-23 Ops

In Portugal, state-owned helicopter operator Empresa de Meios Aéreos (EMA) seems happy with the six Kamov Ka-32 A11BCs it acquired for firefighting and sea
Rotorcraft

Helitech '08: Inaer Offers Data Fusion System for Firefighting Ops

Helicopter operator Inaer introduced Einforex, a system that updates 3-D maps with firefighting information such as fire front location, past water drops a
Rotorcraft

After first delivery, firm plans ramp-up of Cabri production

Start-up manufacturer Hélicoptères Guimbal delivered its first Cabri G2 two-seater to French-based operator Ixair on September 19.
Rotorcraft

Casino Flight Comes to Grief

Authorities say VFR flight into IMC appears the culprit in a spectacular pre-dawn helicopter crash in late September.
Rotorcraft

Bristow Breaks Ground for New Aberdeen HQ

Bristow Helicopters has unveiled plans for new European headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Rotorcraft

Oil Companies Team on Safety Project

Eight oil companies have joined forces to conduct a $1 million helicopter safety study on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) over the next three years.
Rotorcraft

Belize Operator Gets AOC

Belize City-based Astrum Helicopters in September received its air operator certificate (AOC).
Regulations and Government

Universal offers CVFDR to meet upcoming rules

Universal Avionics last month introduced a cockpit voice and flight data recorder (CVFDR) with internal recorder independent power supply (Rips).
Avionics

TrueNorth Unveils Satphone System for Light Jets

Satcom system maker TrueNorth Avionics last month introduced a two-channel airborne telephone system for the cabin called Simphone Prelude that is designed
Avionics

U.S. and Europe take different tacks on next-generation ATM

A September ICAO NextGen/Sesar Forum in Montreal underscored the fact that the U.S.
Avionics

Embraer Adding Kollsman’s EVS II to Lineage 1000

Embraer has selected the Kollsman enhanced-vision system II (EVS II) from Elbit Systems of America for the Lineage 1000.
Avionics

Lufthansa Technik goes 3-D

Lufthansa Technik’s latest innovation in business jet cabin “infotainment” is called Niceview, an upgrade that takes the venerable moving-map display into