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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Dusseldorf is now a Piaggio service center

Piaggio Aero has appointed Jet Aviation Dusseldorf an authorized service center for the Avanti/Avanti II turboprop twin.
Maintenance and Modifications

JetCorp completes Challenger 604 eight-year inspection

The 96-month inspection of a Challenger 604 gave JetCorp’s St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Ameco Beijing signs Lufthansa Technik service agreement

A two-year, worldwide logistic services agreement has been signed by Ameco Beijing and Lufthansa Technik Logistik (LTL).
Maintenance and Modifications

Metrojet gets Cayman

Metrojet’s MRO operation has obtained Cayman Islands Aircraft Maintenance Organization approval.
Maintenance and Modifications

StarPort named Honeywell 731 line maintenance service center

StarPortUSA, based at Orlando-Sanford International Airport, was recently named an authorized line maintenance service center for Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation breaks ground on expansion project

Precision Aviation Group recently began work on expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Global Aviation designated Bombardier service provider

Bombardier Business Aircraft has authorized Global Aviation of Portland-Hillsboro Airport to be an aircraft on ground/line maintenance facility (AOG/LMF) i
Maintenance and Modifications

Threshold Aviation does major Citation 650 repair

Threshold Aviation Group of Chino, Calif., recently completed structural repairs to the rear belly skin and bulkhead of a Citation 650.
Maintenance and Modifications

Harbour Air becomes Eclipse Service Center

Eclipse Aviation has selected Vancouver-based Harbour Air to be the first Eclipse 500 authorized service center in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications

Qantas & Lufthansa Technik partner on joint MRO venture

Australia’s biggest airline, Qantas Airways, and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider Lufthansa Technik of Hamburg, Germany, have joined forces
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Certified Aviation Services

Certified Aviation Services was founded in Santa Ana, Calif., in 1990 in response to airline demand for third-party line and ground support equipment maint
Regulations and Government

Torqued - Mechanics: brush up on mandated procedures

In the recent past I have written about the importance of mechanics following the procedures contained in the appropriate manuals for whatever task that ne
Maintenance and Modifications

Airctaft maintenance goes high-tech

To see where business jet maintenance is headed, just look at mechanics’ toolboxes.
Safety

Repeat Drug Testees Subject to ‘Direct Observation’

The FAA has revised drug and alcohol testing procedures, specifically requiring “direct observation” in all return-to-duty and follow-up drug tests.
Safety

ATSB Advises Operators To Check Oxygen Bottles

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued a safety advisory following the rapid depressurization of a Qantas Boeing 747-400 on July 25, urgi
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Leader Change Signals New Strategy

StandardAero’s August 21 announcement that Rob Mionis has assumed the job of president and CEO of the turbine engine overhaul and business aircraft mainten
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Issues New Guidance for PMA Holders

The FAA is looking for comments from the industry on a revision of Order 8120.2, production approval and certification management procedures.
Maintenance and Modifications

PartsLogistics Adds New Batch Search Feature

AvSupport’s PartsLogistics aircraft parts sourcing system has a new feature that allows users to conduct batch searches.
Aircraft

CRJ1000 Takes Flight

Bombardier’s sole CRJ1000 prototype took to the air for the first time today, marking the successful start of a flight-test regime expected to last until t
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Aircraft

FAA: Premier I Software Change Needed

The FAA has issued AD 2008-16-02 for operators of Premier I (model 390) S/Ns RB-4 through RB-204, which calls for a post-flight residual-heat check of the
Engines

Transatlantic Flight Proves Value of 50Dash4

Premier Aircraft said a recent transatlantic flight by a Falcon 50 modified with the company’s 50Dash4 performance upgrade demonstrated a quicker takeoff a
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Adds New Service Center

Dassault Falcon said it plans to establish a factory-owned Falcon service center at Sorocaba Airport in São Paulo, Brazil.
Maintenance and Modifications

Cessna Adds CJ3 to ProTech Mx Program

Cessna has added the Citation CJ3 to its ProTech maintenance program, which allows operators to pay for regular maintenance labor costs via a monthly fee.
Maintenance and Modifications

MES Handling Joins Signature Stable

Signature Flight Support has acquired MES Handling at Munich International Airport in Germany.
Accidents

FAA King Air Lands Gear Up

An FAA-operated King Air, N11, in late July landed gear up at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) after a gear malfunction.
Maintenance and Modifications

Missouri Eliminates Repair Parts Tax

The governor of Missouri has signed a bill eliminating sales tax on aircraft repair parts, aligning the state with neighboring states having similar laws.
Charter & Fractional

Swiss company acquires Skyjet

VistaJet has embarked on an ambitious growth plan that could see it operating a fleet of almost 100 business jets by 2012.
Regulations and Government

Few EU operators benefit from charter rules change

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Accidents

Hawker 800 crashes in Minnesota

NTSB accident investigators are searching for clues as to what caused the crash of a Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 800 in Minnesota on July 31, killing both pil
Regulations and Government

GA braces for more stringent security rules

With the end-of-summer political conventions set for Minneapolis and Denver, the FAA transferred the general aviation security program designed for access