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.
Regulations and Government
Cessna: Aircraft Upgrades Could Yield Tax Benefits
Cessna Aircraft is reminding Citation owners that enhancements made to their business aircraft this year might qualify for the new bonus depreciation tucke
Aircraft
FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet
Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Clarifies Meaning of ‘Current’ for Mx Programs
FAR 91.409(f)(3) requires aircraft owners and operators to maintain their aircraft in accordance with a “current inspection program recommended by the manu
Maintenance and Modifications
MX Jet Service Receives Honeywell Line Designation
Last month Honeywell designated MX Jet Service an authorized line service provider for TFE731-series turbofans and 36-100 and -150 APUs.
Maintenance and Modifications
Spares Cost Less with Cost-containment Program
The cost of maintaining older Bombardier Challengers and Globals can be reduced by as much as 50 percent under Challenger Spares & Support’s cost-conta
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Marshall Aerospace Approved for CAMO
New European legislation has opened the door for third-party organizations to
be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
be approved as continuing airworthiness management organizations (CAMO
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Cessna opens Citation service center in Arizona
Cessna opened its Mesa Citation Service Center adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., last month, having moved to the area from Long
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA honors CD aviation services with Diamond Award
CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Neosho, Mo., a turbine engine maintenance facility, was awarded the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Diamond Certificat
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Embrear authorizes its first Indian service center
India’s Indamer, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aviation Holding, has been named an Embraer authorized executive jet service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier expands service & maintenance facility network
Bombardier Aerospace has added a new line maintenance facility (LMF) and boosted capabilities at two existing facilities– expanding its global network of a
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Jet Repair Anywhere's Janke re-elected to PAMA board
Cheryl Janke, CEO of Jet Repair Anywhere, has been re-elected to the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s Board of Directors.
Maintenance and Modifications
Standardaero awarded approvals by EASA and FAA
Two new design organization approvals (DOA) for engine and auxiliary power unit design and repair have been awarded to StandardAero by the EASA and the FAA
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Constant Aviation
Constant Aviation, a Nextant Aerospace company started by Kenn Ricci and Michael Rossi, was developed when the pair bought FBOs on Birmingham International
Maintenance and Modifications
Eurocopter Plans Aberdeen Service Facility
Eurocopter will break ground next month on a new helicopter service and simulator facility in Kirkhill Commercial Park near Aberdeen Airport, Scotland, a m
Safety
Eurocopter concerned about safety of STCs
Eurocopter has voiced concerns about the safety of supplemental type certificates (STC), claiming three times more accidents are caused by STC’d hardware t
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section:Cessna employee sells stolen parts on eBay
A Cessna Aircraft A&P mechanic has been charged with one count of selling stolen aircraft parts.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: API becomes global distributer for saft batteries
Tennessee-based Aerospace Products has become an authorized worldwide distributor for SAFT aviation batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section:MRO to open in India
Duke Aviation will be opening the first independent MRO facility in India.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Aviall to distribute CF34 parts
GE Aviation has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with Aviall Services that covers unique spare parts of the GE CF34-3 for the remaining life of th
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: Belt tightening measures implmented at Duncan Aviation
Duncan Aviation is cutting some production team members’ hours and implementing pay cuts in all other positions.
Maintenance and Modifications
BBA AVIATION ERO MOVES TO DEER VALLEY AIRPORT
A new, larger facility adjacent to Deer Valley Airport in North Phoenix has become home to BBA Aviation engine repair and overhaul (ERO) company Dallas Air
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: CRS gets AS9120 recertification
CRS Jet Spares announced recertification of its quality management system by the Bureau Veritas Certification in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and the corr
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot Section: AMECO Beijing continues aggresive facilty expansion
Ameco Beijing held a grand completion ceremony on March 18 last year for its A380 hangar, the biggest aircraft maintenance building in Asia.
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Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna Closes Toledo Service Center
Cessna is closing its Toledo, Ohio Citation service center at the end of this month “due to reduced customer operations in the region,” according to a spok
Accidents
FAA Warns of Battery Fires
An FAA policy memo issued last month highlights the potential safety hazards associated with the rechargeable lithium batteries in electronic flight bag (E
Maintenance and Modifications
Start-up AMAC opens hangar, begins completions servicen
AMAC Aerospace inaugurated the main hangar of its new business aviation completions and maintenance operation at Switzerland’s EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-F
Cabin Interior and Electronics
BaySys Plans Completion Hangar Large Enough for A380
BaySys International won’t say if it’s lobbying to be the first with an interiors contract for an executive version of the Airbus A380, but the Wallops Isl
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault M&O Seminars Scheduled
Dassault Falcon will be hosting seven regional maintenance and operating seminars this year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avatas Acquires Prime Turbines
Dallas-based Avatas Aerospace, an FAA-approved repair station specializing in the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A, has acquired Hyannis, Mass.-based Prime
Aircraft
Linear Air Forms Eclipse 500 Support Co-op
With VLJ manufacturer Eclipse Aviation facing Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings, an organization is needed to provide support to owners of the 259 Eclipse
