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Maintenance and Modifications
Torqued: Preparing for a new maintenance environment
During a discussion with a friend recently he touched on a problem he and most others in his industry are having.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Landmark Aviation
Newly named Landmark Aviation is still growing within the business aviation community, at least when it comes to name recognition.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS Jet spares receives ASA-100 certification
The Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA) has awarded its quality system standard ASA-100 to CRS Jet Spares.
Maintenance and Modifications
Wing Aviation adds third paint facility in Houston
Less than two years after breaking ground on its second paint facility, Wing Aviation has announced that principal construction on its third paint hangar h
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Source combines avionics and maintenance facilities
A recently completed 120,000-plus-sq-ft facility is the new home of Jet Source Business Aviation Center at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
Corpair supply expands into Falcon and Haker markets
For years Corpair Supply of O’Fallon, Mo., has been closely associated with the repair and overhaul of Sabreliners.
Maintenance and Modifications
TAC Air forms alliance with THI Maintenance at Shreveport
The Hangar Incorporated (THI) has entered an agreement with Shreveport, La.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA waives recurrent test for learjet 30s and 55
Bombardier Aircraft Services (BAS) has received approval from the FAA to eliminate skin contour tests for the ongoing operation of the Learjet 31, 35, 36 a
Maintenance and Modifications
BizJet International to provide maintenance in northeast
BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., announced a service-center agreement with FirstFlight Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of FBO Air, located at El
Maintenance and Modifications
Sharp details offers Xzilon for aircraft cleaning
Sharp Details now offers Granitize Aviation International’s new product, Xzilon (pronounced zy-lon), an aircraft exterior high-solids formula corrosion inh
FBOs
New executive terminal set to open at Paris Le Bourget
Paris Le Bourget Airport is to open a new terminal building next month.
US Airways to take Embraer 190s
US Airways plans to start taking deliveries of Embraer jets again this November under a new agreement to convert its remaining positions on 57 Embraer 170s
Fresh off record year, ATR wary of hubris
ATR senior vice president commercial John Moore has seen his share of ups and downs in this business, but never since he joined the company a decade ago ha
Airports
Small airfields form front lines of noise wars
The story that tells the economic fortunes of smaller metropolitan airfields in Europe is very much a tale of several cities.
Precision Air a link to Tanzania’s future
Among the big jets filling the ramp at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the small green and yellow ATR twin turboprops of Tanzanian regional ca
Bombardier turns its focus to 90/100-seater
It took a while for the message to register, but Bombardier finally heeded the airline market’s counsel in late January and shelved its languishing C Serie
Mesaba Moves To Void Contracts
Bankrupt Mesaba Airlines has asked a bankruptcy court judge to void contracts with its three labor unions after employees refused to agree to a 19.4-percen
Flurry of Orders for Bombardier
Last month’s Regco order for 10 Q400s accompanied a flurry of minor transactions for Bombardier since AIN’s February issue went to press,
Regco Rises from the Ashes
Regco Holdings CEO Robert Deluce last month announced his intention to proceed with plans to base a new regional airline at Toronto Island Airport this yea
Rotorcraft
US Helicopter service links New York-area airports and heliports
A helicopter service connecting Manhattan with New York City airports is due to start this month.
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter expects revenue increase to continue this year
Eurocopter last year secured orders for 401 new civil/parapublic and military helicopters, up from 322 in 2004.
Safety
HAI urges safety changes for Gulf of Mexico operators
In January, the Helicopter Association International (HAI) urged its members to press their Congressional representatives to support improved communication
Safety
NTSB blames Part 91 for deadly EMS helo crashes
On January 25 the NTSB Office of Aviation Safety presented a special investigation report on EMS and helicopter EMS (HEMS) operations, attributing a number
Training and Workforce
EMS Goes NVG
Boise, Idaho-based Aviation Specialties Unlimited has installed night-vision goggles in Reach Air Medical Services’ Agusta A109, Bell 407 and BO 105 fleet.
Rotorcraft
Turbine Training on the Cheap
FH1100 Manufacturing will offer all-turbine pilot training in the Florida panhandle beginning in May.
Rotorcraft
Engine OEM Extends U.S. Presence
Turbomeca is investing approximately $50 million to expand production and product support activities at its Grand Prairie, Texas facility.The a
Rotorcraft
New Fire-suppression Kit for Kamov
Simplex Manufacturing has launched a new fire attack system for the Kamov Ka-32.
Rotorcraft
Second Chinook for Heli-rig Contract
Columbia Helicopters will send a second Boeing Vertol 234 Chinook to Papua New Guinea, to work on heli-rig contracts with local exploration company Oil Sea
