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Maintenance and Modifications

Purdue develops wireless engine bearing monitor

Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park and at the Sadeghi mechanical engineering laboratory have developed tiny wireless
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation services CAMO+ certified

The German Airworthiness Authority has certified Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO+
Maintenance and Modifications

Sabena Technics will support ACJ in Armenia

TAT Group subsidiary Sabena Technics has agreed to provide full A319 Airbus Corporate Jetliner support to the Armenian company Armavia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Groups support scholarship funds for Mechanics

The AMTSociety has joined forces with Northrop Rice Foundation to generate scholarships for aviation maintenance-related education.
Maintenance and Modifications

CRS receives 20,000th battery from Securaplane technologies

Securaplane recently announced that CRS Jet Spares, a Securaplane mainship and emergency battery line distributor, has sold its 20,000th mainship battery.
Maintenance and Modifications

Landmark Aviation chooses service training provider

ServiceElements has signed a three-year agreement to provide a customer service culture enhancement program for employees at Landmark Aviation’s four maint
Maintenance and Modifications

Air Works and Air Four join Bombardier network

Bombardier has announced the addition of two new service facilities for Challengers and Globals to its worldwide maintenance network.Air Works
Maintenance and Modifications

...And marks 40th anniversary of Rolls-Royce 250 service

Standard Aero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Engineering company, is marking its 40th anniversary of service on the Rolls-Royce 250 turboshaft engine.
Maintenance and Modifications

Standard Aero receives FAA ok for PT6A upgrades...

The FAA has granted several supplemental type certificates (STC) to Standard Aero for upgrades to aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A t
Maintenance and Modifications

CAE inks MX training agreement with Hawke Pacific and Falcon

CAE has signed a five-year agreement with Hawker Pacific to provide maintenance training for the company and its clients within the Southeast Asia region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Landmark Aviation and Air Alliance offer engine repair

Landmark Aviation has expanded its agreement with Air Alliance of Germany to offer aircraft maintenance, repair, modification and completion to owners and
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO first to sign lease in Dubai

Livewel Aviation Services has signed the first lease for space at the newly launched Dubai World Central Aviation City on Al Maktoum International Airport,
Aircraft

C Series to use Pratt GTFs

Bombardier has selected Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for its proposed 110- to 149-seat C Series airliners in a deal the Canadian manu
Aircraft

Avionics options key to ATR’s -600 series

French avionics maker Thales is in Toulouse developing an all-new flight deck for the ATR -600 series–the newly launched pair of upgrades to the now Honeyw

Mesa To Appeal Damages Ruling

Mesa Air Group has hired celebrated attorney Daniel Petrocelli and asked for a new trial after U.S.

Pilot Shortage Squeezes Rex

The global scope of the airline pilot shortage became all too clear to Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) last month, when the Sydney-based Saab 340 operat

Bombardier Sells Big Jets to Adria

Bombardier added another name to its list of customers for its new 100-seat CRJ1000 last month, when Slovenia’s Adria Airways signed for one of the big reg

Embraer Buttresses Mideast Position

Embraer collected firm orders for 20 E-Jets from two customers in the Middle East and Africa during last month’s Dubai Airshow, raising its profile still f

EASA Q400 findings imply isolated fault

The European Aviation Safety Agency last month determined that the failure of the main landing gear of a Scandinavian Airlines Q400 on October 27 did not r

Turboprops still surging as fuel prices set records

The high-flying turboprop market shows no sign of losing altitude, as builders on both sides of the Atlantic continue to collect a steady flow of sizable o
Rotorcraft

Robinson forges ahead on turbine R66 program

Robinson Helicopter and Rolls-Royce are making progress with their partnership on the Robinson R66.
Rotorcraft

Saudi Arabia Orders 40 Sikorskys

In a major deal announced at the Dubai Air Show last month, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior ordered 40 Sikorskys.
Rotorcraft

Schweizer Studies 333 Derivative

Sikorsky subsidiary Schweizer is developing a derivative of the existing Schweizer 333 light single.
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Logs New Orders

VIP and government flight specialist Dubai Air Wing has ordered two AW139s in executive configuration.

Bizjet Sales Boost Bombardier’s Financial Condition

Bombardier’s bottom line was bolstered by “solid” demand for its business jets, and the company said it plans to increase production to ease record backlog
Aircraft

Honda Engine a Step Closer with Plant Groundbreaking

Local officials and Honda Aero executives yesterday broke ground for the new engine maker’s Burlington, N.C.
Accidents

Ground Collision Spurs New FAA Investigation

The FAA is reopening its investigation of an April 3 ground collision at DeKalb-Peachtree (Ga.) Airport between a Gulfstream II and Beechjet 400A.
Airports

Santa Monica Proposes Category C/D Jet Ban at SMO

The seven-member Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to forward a proposal that would ban Category C and D jets, which includes Gulfstre
Aircraft

Eclipse Targets Customers for Fundraising

Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn told customers in a letter sent Tuesday that the company has missed its high-rate production goals and as a
Rotorcraft

FAS Expands Fleet

Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) last month gave an update on its fleet expansion.