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Turbomeca Arrius 2G1 Gets EASA Nod

EASA certified the Turbomeca Arrius 2G1 turboshaft that powers the Kamov Ka-226T light twin, Kamov parent company Russian Helicopters announced this week.
Training and Workforce

Arabian Jets Chooses CAE for Training

Arabian Jets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and CAE signed a long-term agreement for pilot training services on eight business aircraft types yesterday at the Dub
FBOs

Signature Buys Stake in St. Maarten FBO

Signature Flight Support recently acquired a majority stake in Arrindell Aviation Services, an FBO at St. Maarten Princess Juliana International Airport.
FBOs

JetFlite International Launches Refinishment Program

JetFlite International of Long Beach, Calif., has launched an aircraft “refinishment” program that repairs and refinishes existing components and materials
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft Opens Dubai Office

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) has opened an expanded office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) staffed with six employees–a tech rep and five sales, contract a
Maintenance and Modifications

Crane STCs Falcon 20, 50 Wireless Tire Pressure System

Crane Aerospace & Electronics will be offering an STC for its SmartStem wireless tire pressure system for the Dassault Falcon 20 and Falcon 50 starting nex
Maintenance and Modifications

Crane STCs Falcon 20, 50 Wireless Tire Pressure System

Crane Aerospace & Electronics will be offering an STC for its SmartStem wireless tire pressure system for the Dassault Falcon 20 and Falcon 50 starting nex
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Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Birmingham Now a Phenom Service Center

Embraer has named Constant Aviation’s Birmingham, Ala. facility an authorized service center for the Phenom 100 and 300.
Maintenance and Modifications

Timco To Manufacture Interiors in North Carolina

Timco Aerosystems has opened a new 120,000-sq-ft aircraft interiors manufacturing facility in Wallburg, N.C., near its Greensboro headquarters.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Engine Service Deals Available for Challenger and Global

Challenger, Global 7000 and Global 8000 operators now have two new engine service options.
Maintenance and Modifications

JetFlite International Long Beach Receives Part 145 Certification

JetFlite International has been awarded an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate for its JFI JetCenter on Long Beach Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ontic Offers King Air Maintenance

Ontic, a provider of OEM legacy products and systems, will now offer MRO support for the King Air through its Houston facility.
Maintenance and Modifications

Germanwings and Lufthansa Technik Sign Strategic Partnership

Germanwings and Lufthansa Technik have signed a contract for technical services to support the airline’s fleet of 30 Airbus A319s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Basel appoints Kraft to V-P

Ruedi Kraft has been named vice president of market development and completion sales for Jet Aviation Basel effective December 1.
Aircraft

Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet

Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 C Series CS300 narrowbodies.
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Security

Bizav To Have Voice on TSA Panel Again

The Obama Administration has notified NBAA that it will continue to have a seat on the Transportation Security Administration’s Aviation Security Advisory
Rotorcraft

UAE Company Launches Twin Rotor Helicopter

UAE-based Quest Helicopters, a new entrant in the rotorcraft industry, launched a tandem-rotor, light-twin helicopter–the AVQ–at the Dubai Air Show
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Aircraft

HyperMach Now Aiming for Mach 4 Bizjet

HyperMach Aerospace’s planned 20-seat supersonic business jet (SSBJ), dubbed the SonicStar, will be able to fly at Mach 4.0, the company said
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Rotorcraft

Robinson Delivers 10,000th Helicopter

Robinson delivered its 10,000th helicopter last Friday. The milestone comes less than four years after the company delivered its 8,000th helicopter
Aircraft

Action Aviation Becomes Nextant 400XT Sales Agent

Nextant Aerospace appointed business aircraft sales group Action Aviation as the exclusive sales agent for the Nextant 400XT
FBOs

Jet Aviation Appoints Senior Manager at Abu Dhabi FBO

Jet Aviation Abu Dhabi appointed Peter Lewis as senior manager of its new operations at Al Bateen Executive Airport.
Charter & Fractional

Limited-time Flexjet 25 Jet Card Program Offers Baja Experience

A special-edition Flexjet 25 Jet Card features a getaway to Los Cabos, Mexico, created by luxury travel experts at Abercrombie & Kent.
Aircraft

STC in Works for Falcon 7X OnAir System

OnAir is working on an STC that will make the Dassault Falcon 7X the first purpose-built business jet to receive its onboard cellphone system.
Charter & Fractional

Comlux Is Launch Customer for Airbus ACJ321

Comlux Aviation placed the first-ever order for an Airbus ACJ321 at the Dubai Air Show yesterday, expanding the Airbus Corporate Jet offerings.
Aircraft

China-Pakistan JF-17 Fighter Slated for Block-2 Upgrades

The JF-17 Thunder fighter is to receive improvements that will start being produced with the Block-2 version from next year.
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Aircraft

Cassidian Fields a Pair of UAVs for ISR Roles

Cassidian is focusing on its unmanned air systems capability, as well as highlighting its security and communications activities in the Gulf region.
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Aircraft

Fire Scout Proves Its Value in Middle East Warzones

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8 Fire Scout rotary-wing unmanned air vehicle is gearing up for a new at-sea deployment in January.
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Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Extends Apache Helicopter's Capabilities

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is continuing to expand the capabilities of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Goes Greener with Fuel-efficient Trent 900 Turbofan

Rolls-Royce has introduced the first of a two-phase performance improvement for the Trent 900 engines that power the Airbus A380 airliner.
Aircraft

Qantas Joins Trend to Permagard Fleets

Qantas Airlines has signed up for Permagard’s bio-coating technology.