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Maintenance and Modifications

US Aviation expands maintenance capability

US Aviation’s maintenance and avionics division is offering full Phase 1 through 5 inspections and structural inspections on the Hawker and most Cessna Cit
Maintenance and Modifications

LBAS performs first EUROPEAN Global Express overhaul

The first Bombardier Global Express 8C check has been performed in Europe by Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), a joint venture of Lufthansa Te
Maintenance and Modifications

German MROs join forces

Cologne Flugzeugwartung (ACC) and Columbia Jet Service have merged into ACC Columbia Jet Service.
Regulations and Government

Congress to Obama: no user fees in ’11 budget

Two powerful members of the House aviation subcommittee are circulating a letter urging President Obama not to include general aviation user fees in the Fi
Maintenance and Modifications

API to be exclusive CTS800 parts distributor

The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTec), a joint venture between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, has entered into a 10-year agreement with Aerospace
Maintenance and Modifications

Missouri MRO specializes in Honeywell TPE331

CD Aviation Services (CDAS) of Joplin, Mo., has positioned itself to support a niche market: the TPE331.
Regulations and Government

Bill seeks to limit TSA’s SD authority

A bipartisan group of congressmen has introduced a bill that would modify the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) authority to issue security di
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Works opens new hangar

A new 43,000-sq-ft hangar has opened on Denton Airport in Texas.
Aircraft

Modifications under way, Eclipse focuses on parts

Eclipse Aerospace held a supplier summit on October 27 for manufacturers and vendors of Eclipse EA500 very light jet components.
Maintenance and Modifications

Caravan engine upgrade offered by Blackhawk

Blackhawk Modifications has introduced an engine upgrade for the Cessna Caravan.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon opens service center in Brazil

Dassault Falcon’s new factory-owned service center at Sorocaba Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, recently received repair station certification from Brazil’s A
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA awards Timco ODA

Timco Aerosystems has been awarded organization delegation authorization (ODA) from the FAA’s Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office.
Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Sav service center gets Mauritius approval

The Republic of Mauritius has awarded Gulfstream Aerospace’s Savannah service center approved maintenance organization (AMO) status.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer U.S. receives EASA OK, opens European Phenom center

Embraer’s European executive jet customers now have two company-owned service centers in the U.S.
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

Air Service Basel completes new facility at EuroAirport

EuroAirport, which serves the cities of Basel, Switzerland; Mulhouse, France; and Freiburg, Germany; is home to a considerable maintenance and completion i
Regulations and Government

Coming to America: U.S. aids import of mx workers

Here’s an entry worthy of Ripley’s Believe It or Not: in the midst of the Great Recession of 2009, as U.S.
Aircraft

New (and born-again) Turboprops

Epic LTHints of trouble began to emerge at Bend, Ore.-based Epic more than a year ago when a deal for a $200 million
Aircraft

Boeing To Place Second 787 Assembly Line in North Charleston, S.C.

Boeing announced yesterday that it will place its second final assembly line for the 787 Dreamliner in North Charleston, S.C., ending months of speculation
Accidents

Medevac crash fatal for pilot and crew

Eurocopter AS 350, Georgetown, S.C., Sept.
Airports

SDL Increases Weight Limit

NBAA and the Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA) praised local city leaders in Scottsdale, Ariz., for their decision last month to raise the airc
Charter & Fractional

Virgin Charter Shuts Down

Online charter broker Virgin Charter stopped “active operations” on October 23, according to a company statement.
Accidents

Six killed in Turkish jetranger crash

Bell 206, Kahramanmaras City, Turkey, March 25, 2009–The helicopter was destroyed and the pilot and all five passengers on board were killed when the JetRa
Airports

TEB Chosen To Test Auto Lighting

The FAA selected Teterboro (N.J.) Airport as the first U.S.
Accidents

Problem on takeoff downs King Air

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Hayward, Calif., Sept.
Charter & Fractional

SATSair ‘Temporarily’ Ceases Operations

Greenville, S.C.-based Cirrus SR22 air taxi firm SATSair “temporarily” shut down operations on October 23 “due to circumstances,” according to a recording
Accidents

Helicopter crash claims Indian official

Bell 430, Kurnoon, India, Sept.
Accidents

Challenger damaged in rough landing

Bombardier CL-600-2B16, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Sept.
Accidents

Snow blindness caused Eurocopter crash

Eurocopter AS 350B2E, Haines, Alaska, April 12, 2009–The NTSB determined the cause of the Coastal Helicopters crash to be the pilot’s failure to maintain c
Accidents

Pilot fatigue blamed in fatal PC-12 crash

Pilatus PC-12/47E, Sante Fe, N.M., Sept.