Content Archive: September 2009

Companies with Bizcraft Outperform Those Without

NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today welcomed the release of a new
Aircraft

Tinseth: Dreamliner Mods Underway

Boeing has begun installing the reinforcements for the side-of-body modifications
Maintenance and Modifications

BBA Aviation ERO Changes Role for Lafayette Facility

BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO) is transforming its Lafayette, La.
Maintenance and Modifications

Twin Commander's Isley Comments on Corrosion NPRM

The FAA has issued a
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Breaks Ground on New CFM56 Facility

Canadian air carrier WestJet is the launch customer for StandardAero’s latest expansion.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag’s Zurich Operation in Jeopardy

Ruag may have to close its Zurich-Kloten site “due to unfavorable cost structures,” according to a spokesman for the company’s Aircraft Services Network, w
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Proposes AD for Falcon Pressurization Problem

The FAA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for an Airworthiness Directive (AD) that would affect about 1,082 Falcons on the U.S.

IAM Sues To Keep Pratt Jobs in Connecticut

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed a complaint in federal court in an attempt to block Pratt & Whitney f
Aircraft

Superjet Completes High-Altitude Tests

The second Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 successfully completed its high-altitude flight test campaign in Armenia this week, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) announce
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Charter & Fractional

Flight Options Pilots Vote on Strike Authorization

Teamsters Local 1108, the union representing some 500 pilots at fractional provider Flight Options, yesterday announced a strike-authorization vote as fina