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Farnborough Gets the Hollywood Touch

Plenty of A-list celebrities fly through Farnborough, but the British airport is set to get a serious dusting of Hollywood glitz when it features in the ne
Airports

Recent decision could allow traffic increase at Farnborough

The UK government has approved an increase in weekend movements at London-area Farnborough Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

Vigilance required to ensure AD compliance

Airworthiness Directives (ADs) were in the news as I was writing this article as a major airline has admitted that it failed to comply with the ADs on a co
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Metrojet Maintenance Service Center

Metrojet pioneered business aviation services in Hong Kong and is one of the earliest private business aircraft operators in Asia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Upgrade firm aquires product development facility

Blackhawk Modifications acquired a new product development facility in Elizabethtown, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications

Eclipse opens Albany service center

Eclipse Aviation announced the opening of its third service center during a ceremony at Albany International Airport in late February.
Maintenance and Modifications

Arinc Direct opens new Scottsdale facility

In response to increasing demand for services from general and corporate aviation customers, Arinc Direct has expanded and relocated its Scottsdale, Ariz.
Maintenance and Modifications

Challenger 300 maintenance network expands

Bombardier Aerospace continues to expand its fast growing worldwide support network, adding two new Challenger 300 service facilities in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications

Standard Aero adds two major clients

Standard Aero Singapore has reached an agreement to support Arriel 1 and Arriel 2 engines for Turbomeca Asia Pacific in the Asia-Pacific region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Repair signs Bombardier, Pentastar & Jet Corp.

Jet Repair Anywhere’s Wrench program provides a method for maintenance facilities to advertise to aircraft operators in need of maintenance.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier adds international service facilities

Bombardier Aerospace has added three new business aircraft service facilities to its international support network.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation adds maintenance in Moscow

Gulfstream Aerospace has added the Jet Aviation maintenance center at Moscow Vnukovo as a Gulfstream authorized warranty line service facility for the full

Fifth annual Wing Aviation fund-raiser tops $35k

For the fifth straight year, Houston’s Aviation Institute of Maintenance has benefited from the largess of Wing Aviation’s customers and friends.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft expands worldwide presence

London-based Allaero has been appointed an authorized parts distributor for Rapid Aircraft Parts Inventory and Distribution (Rapid), Hawker Beechcraft’s fa
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik breaks ground for Hamburg engine operation

Construction has begun on a new aircraft engine overhaul hangar in Hamburg to support an expansion of Lufthansa Technik’s production capacity in Germany.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tunica Air Group partners with Wilson Air Center

Wilson Air Center has entered into an agreement with Tunica Air Group to provide a range of maintenance services.
Engines

Thousands of faulty fan blades found in CF34s

The NTSB last month sent recommendations to the FAA and Transport Canada to address a safety concern raised by two engine failures on Bombardier CRJ200s.

SAS, Bombardier, Goodrich settle on Q400 compensation

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has settled with Bombardier and Goodrich Aerospace the terms of a compensation agreement stemming from the airline’s grounding
FBOs

Results Are In: Top FBOs Selected by AIN Readers

In the official results of the 2008 AIN FBO Survey for the Americas,
Aircraft

Making Sense of Business Jet Categories

With manufacturers adding a dizzying number of derivative models to their lineups, classifying the available crop of business jets is becoming harder than
Airports

FAA Ups Legal Ante Against Santa Monica Airport

In its ongoing battle with the Santa Monica City Council, which is trying to figure out a way to restrict jet operations at California’s Santa Monica Airpo
Aircraft

Embraer Goes Full Throttle on Two More Bizjets

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer on Friday announced that its board of directors approved the launch of the mid-light and derivative midsize busines
Safety

Engine Problems Reported Before UK Citation Crash

The crew of a Cessna Citation I that came down soon after takeoff from Biggin Hill Airport, southeast of London, on Sunday is understood to have reported e
ATC

Embarrassed FAA Scrambles To Repair ADS-B Plan

AIN has learned that a directive from the “highest level” within the FAA has instructed the agency’s ADS-B Program Office to spend the nex

AINtv: David Dixon, Bombardier, vice president for the Asia region

Bombardier’s David Dixon talks about what it takes to be successful in Asia’s business aviation market and how it compares to the U.S.
Aircraft

E-Jet orderbook bulging

A firm order for three 100-seat Embraer E190s from Finnair capped a brisk run of sales activity in the second half of February for the Brazilian airframe b
Engines

PW127M OK’d to boost ATRs

Pratt & Whitney Canada has received type certification from Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency for the turboprop engine chosen to
Accidents

46 Die in ATR Crash

Investigators analyzed data last month from the CVR and FDR recovered from the ATR 42-300 that crashed into a sheer cliff face in the Venezuelan Andes on F