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Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer receives approval for new U.S. distribution center

The Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil–ANAC) has certified a new Embraer U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft moves into Arizona facility

Hawker Beechcraft has moved into a new facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz.
Maintenance and Modifications

Standardaero gets contract for fire supression MX

The Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civile (DDSC) of Marseilles, France, has selected StandardAero to provide PW100 and PT6 engine maintenance se
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream London Luton authorized to service G150

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Gulfstream’s London Luton Service Center to perform maintenance on EASA-registered Gulfstream G150s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Business jet support coming to Shangai

Hawker Pacific and the Shanghai Airport Authority have broken ground on a planned business aviation facility at Shanghai’s Hongquiao Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerospace Welding gets EASA OK

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved the Part 145 certification for Aerospace Welding Minneapolis.
Maintenance and Modifications

New Hampshire company named Pilatus PC-12 service center

Pro-Star Aviation of Londonderry, N.H., has been designated a PC-12NG service center and sales rep.
Maintenance and Modifications

Transdigm acquires Aircraft Parts Corp

Aircraft Parts (APC) has been acquired from Unison Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric’s GE Aviation, by TransDigm Group in a stock p
Maintenance and Modifications

Oklahoma repair facility specializes in Falcons

Like a lot of young Americans in the late 1960s, Pete Cranick was introduced to aviation through the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

Global Jet Services offers maintenance e-learning

Maintenance technicians have a new way to accumulate training toward their Inspection Authorization (IA) and the FAA Awards Program.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik opens Hamburg engine overhall shop

Lufthansa Technik has invested nearly $67 million in its new 161,500-sq-ft overhaul center for engines in Hamburg.

PAMA elects board of directors

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced the election of its 2009-2010 executive board of directors.
Aircraft

ASA To Furlough 80 Pilots

Atlantic Southeast Airlines sent furlough notices to 80 pilots last month as partner Delta Air Lines pares back Bombardier CRJ flying.
Aircraft

Great Lakes Boosts EAS

Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes Aviation announced it would launch EAS routes to four Montana destinations from Billings on February 1, marking an end to
Aircraft

Second SSJ Takes Flight

The second of four planned Sukhoi SSJ100 prototypes–S/N 95003–took to the skies on December 24, joining the flight-test program started in May with the fir
Aircraft

Horizon Settles On Q400 Deferrals

Horizon Air has negotiated a deferral of Q400 deliveries with Bombardier to re-time the shipments to coincide with the removal of the Seattle-based regiona

Embraer braces for ‘challenging’ 2009

Embraer delivered a record 204 airplanes last year, including 162 jets in the regional/commercial sector, leaving the company on what it hopes proves firm
Avionics

TAWS, TCAS Coming to More Helicopters

As part of an effort to reduce the number of fatal helicopter crashes, safety experts are promoting widespread use of terrain and traffic alert systems tha
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ICG Gains PMA Approval for NxtLink Systems

International Communications Group of Newport News, Va., has received parts manufacturer authority (PMA) for the NxtLink ICS-120A and ICS-220A communicatio
Avionics

Inmarsat Begins I-4 Satellite Repositioning Effort

Inmarsat last month began repositioning its I-4 satellite constellation in an effort aimed at providing full global SwiftBroadband coverage and improving n
Avionics

Gulfstream addresses EVS overhaul concerns

Overhauling the cryogenically cooled enhanced-vision system (EVS) installed in many newer Gulfstreams will set an operator back around $30,000–a cost many
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Regional makeovers find a ready market

at a time when everyone seems to be looking for a bargain, regional jets reconfigured for an executive role–available at considerably less than half the pr
Rotorcraft

Heli-Expo 2009 Preview

Attendees who make their way to Anaheim, Calif., for the Helicopter Association International’s (HAI) Heli-Expo later this month will encounter the usual c
Rotorcraft

Turbomeca considers 24/7 operator engine connection

French-based turboshaft manufacturer Turbomeca has completed a European Commission-funded research program that opens the door to a massive collection of u
Rotorcraft

New Rotorcraft 2009: Banner year for new helicopters

Several long-simmering new helicopter development programs are likely to reach either first flights or certification this year and, despite an expected con
Avionics

TrueNorth sees growth even in a down economy

It’s been less than two years since startup airborne telecommunications firm TrueNorth Avionics of Canada introduced its first products–the Simphone (prono
ATC

EC plan would shift money from navaids to avionics

Eurocontrol might ask the European Commission to use some of the money expected to be saved by the planned decommissioning of VOR and NDB beacons to sponso

Changes in U.S. leadership at Jet Aviation

Zurich-based aviation services provider Jet Aviation is restructuring its U.S.

Economy forces closure of some flight departments

Since the Big Three automakers flew to Washington in business jets to ask for bailout money, rumors about flight department closures have multiplied.

AIA: 2008 could prove a record year for the aerospace industry2

Despite the worldwide economic maelstrom, total sales for the U.S.