Senior Editor

Jerry Siebenmark

Citadel Completions was appointed as an Airbus Corporate Jets service center which will allow it to provide ACJ customers with maintenance, engineering, and modification services. Based at Chennault International Airport (KCWF) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Citadel joins Comlux Completion in Indianapolis as Airbus Corporate Jets’s second service center in the U.S.&nbsp;
Citadel’s location includes a 10,000-ft runway and a skilled labor force for heavy maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. Its footprint at KCWF covers 260,000 sq ft with multiple hangars that can accommodate numerous aircraft projects simultaneously. Citadel can support aircraft registered worldwide and holds Part 145 repair station certification from the FAA.
Airbus Corporate Jets’s service center network includes locations in Dubai; Xiamen, China; Basel, Switzerland; and Bordeaux, France. In addition to maintenance, the service centers provide cabin refurbishing and cabin system upgrades. They support more than 210 ACJs&nbsp;in operation worldwide.

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.

Airbus Corprorate Jets Adds Citadel as Second U.S. Aircraft Service Center

Citadel Completions joins five other locations in the Airbus Corporate Jets service center network.

ACJ Adds Citadel as Second U.S. Service Center

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Curt Epstein

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Heli-Lynx is now an authorized maintenance provider 

Enstrom Adds to Service Network in Ontario, Canada

Kerry Lynch

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

STC work will be underway for installation on 30 aircraft types of all sizes

Gogo Obtains PMA for Galileo HDX Broadband Antenna

Project includes more than 100,000 sq ft of additional hangar, backshop, and ramp space

West Star Launches 109,000-sq-ft Expansion in Grand Junction

Charles Alcock

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Dubai authorized service center will support turbofans for Bombardier Global 7500 jets

GE Approves ExecuJet MRO To Support Passport Engines

The approval came in partnership with local MRO Skywork Helicopters

BLR Aerospace Gets New Zealand Nod for AS355 FastFin

Hanneke Weitering

Modification provides maximum visibility without replacing any doors

Swiss Rotor Reveals ‘Smart Pilot View Kit’ for AS350/H125 Helicopters

AmyWilder

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

MEBAA 2022

More In Maintenance and Modifications

Enstrom Adds to Service Network in Ontario, Canada

Heli-Lynx is now an authorized maintenance provider

Gogo Obtains PMA for Galileo HDX Broadband Antenna

STC work will be underway for installation on 30 aircraft types of all sizes

West Star Launches 109,000-sq-ft Expansion in Grand Junction

Project includes more than 100,000 sq ft of additional hangar, backshop, and ramp space

GE Approves ExecuJet MRO To Support Passport Engines

Dubai authorized service center will support turbofans for Bombardier Global 7500 jets

BLR Aerospace Gets New Zealand Nod for AS355 FastFin

The approval came in partnership with local MRO Skywork Helicopters

Swiss Rotor Reveals ‘Smart Pilot View Kit’ for AS350/H125 Helicopters

Modification provides maximum visibility without replacing any doors

FAA Certifies XP67A Engine STC for King Air 350i/360

Retrofit increases the turboprop twin's power and fuel efficiency

StartStick GPU Powers Charity's Aviation Missions

Portable ground power units help keep nonprofit's aircraft going

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