Maintenance and Modifications
News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.
Maintenance and Modifications
Swiss operator chooses JSSI
JSSI has been selected by Fly Wings, a Swiss operator, to provide its Tip-to-Tail hourly maintenance cost guarantee program for the company’s new Piaggio A
Maintenance and Modifications
Raisbeck Engineering appoints Stevens Aviation ZR Lite Center
Raisbeck Engineering has appointed Stevens Aviation of Greenville, S.C., an authorized installation center for the ZR Lite.
Aircraft
Renovation Hardware
In medicine it goes by various names: restorative surgery, cosmetic surgery, transplant surgery.
Maintenance and Modifications
ATP offers desktop regulatory and maintenance information
Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) has released NavigatorV Release 6, a desktop viewer offering regulatory and maintenance information in one place.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Industry Expo 2006: User Fees: What May or May Not Be
If Air Transport Association (ATA) CEO James May has his way, business aviation will start paying more of what he believes is a fair share of the costs of
Aircraft
Luton Center adds $4.5 Million in Gulfstream spare parts
Gulfstream Aerospace is adding spare-parts inventory valued at $4.5 million to its Luton, England, service center to support the growing fleet of Gulfstrea
FBOs
Landmark Aviation LAX named LearJet and Challenger facility
Bombardier Aerospace has appointed Landmark Aviation’s Los Angeles facility an authorized service center for Bombardier Learjets and Challengers.
Charter & Fractional
Flight Options to use API for rotable management
Aerospace Products International (API), a provider of distribution and supply chain services, has been chosen by Flight Options for rotables management.
Maintenance and Modifications
NBAA conference highlights leadership roles for today’s maintenance technician
More than a few business aviation technicians have expressed frustration that NBAA doesn’t represent them and their interests, maintaining, instead, that t
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon and Dassault receive MX awards from Netjets
Fractional provider NetJets recently awarded a trophy to Raytheon Aircraft’s Little Rock facility for outstanding performance.
FBOs
Landmark consolidates avionics installation work
Landmark Aviation informed employees in late March of a consolidation of the company’s avionics installation work.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lanmar adds avionics service
Lanmar Aviation at Groton-New London Airport in Groton, Conn., has expanded its Part 145 repair station maintenance capability to include an in-house avion
Aircraft
Sabreliner Retargeting Sabreliners
Now that Sabreliner has sold its Midcoast Aviation subsidiary to Jet Aviation, the St.
Aircraft
Mitsubishi Buys MU-2 Service Center
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA), the Addison, Texas-based subsidiary of the Japanese company that built the MU-2 turboprop twin, has acquired In
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet-Care Analysis for Helicopters
Demand for engine oil and debris analysis from laboratories in Europe and the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avcon Offers Learjet 35/36 RVSM Package STC
Learjet 35/36 operators have an RVSM option thanks to Butler National subsidiary Avcon Industries, which has received FAA approval to install its next-gene
Maintenance and Modifications
New web portal awaits LBAS customers and operators
Bombardier customers and operators who use Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) will find it easier to communicate with LBAS in the future.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream introduces enhancements to CMP.net
Gulfstream Aerospace has released three new enhancements to CMP.net, its computerized aircraft maintenance tracking program.
Aircraft
Pilatus Takes the PC-12 to Camp
Camp Systems is now the exclusive factory provider of maintenance tracking for the Pilatus PC-12.
Maintenance and Modifications
Arinc Direct in Colorado expands into maintenance
Arinc Direct Aircraft Services has expanded its FAA Part 145 certification to perform full-service aircraft maintenance at its repair station in Colorado S
Maintenance and Modifications
JSSI announces exclusive A500/A700 tip-to-tail coverage
Jet Support Services and Adam Aircraft have entered into an agreement for JSSI
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Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: JetCorp
When philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche penned “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” in the late 19th century, it’s safe to say he didn’t have JetCorp in m
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation annointed GE CF34 Service Center
“This GE CF34 service center authorization is another step in the development of our Challenger program and a statement of commitment to our Challenger cus
Maintenance and Modifications
Industry favors overhauling mechanic training
The maintenance industry must do something to address the growing demand for maintenance that will result from increased levels of flying.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer opens maintenance facility in Nashville
Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services has opened a new 78,000-sq-ft maintenance facility on Nashville International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon sells Atlantic City facility, adds four others
Under terms of an agreement signed by Raytheon Aircraft Services and Midlantic Jet Aviation, Raytheon Aircraft will sell its Atlantic City, N.J.
Maintenance and Modifications
Dallas Airmotive adds Rolls-Royce TAY 611-8C capability
Gulfstream G350 and G450 operators now have another option for repair of their Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8Cs.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Expands Mx Programs
Beginning last month, buyers of any new Bombardier business jet can opt for a new cost-per-flight-hour maintenance support program.
Maintenance and Modifications
NTSB reveals maintenance issues
A history of maintenance issues is unfolding at Chalks Ocean Airways, according to a series of recently released NTSB factual reports about last December’s
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault M&O focuses on product-support services
Dassault Aviation highlighted its renewed emphasis on product support at this year’s Falcon Jet Maintenance and Operations meeting.
