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Thousands of faulty fan blades found in CF34s

The NTSB last month sent recommendations to the FAA and Transport Canada to address a safety concern raised by two engine failures on Bombardier CRJ200s.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tunica Air Group partners with Wilson Air Center

Wilson Air Center has entered into an agreement with Tunica Air Group to provide a range of maintenance services.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik breaks ground for Hamburg engine operation

Construction has begun on a new aircraft engine overhaul hangar in Hamburg to support an expansion of Lufthansa Technik’s production capacity in Germany.
Maintenance and Modifications

Hawker Beechcraft expands worldwide presence

London-based Allaero has been appointed an authorized parts distributor for Rapid Aircraft Parts Inventory and Distribution (Rapid), Hawker Beechcraft’s fa
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation adds maintenance in Moscow

Gulfstream Aerospace has added the Jet Aviation maintenance center at Moscow Vnukovo as a Gulfstream authorized warranty line service facility for the full
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier adds international service facilities

Bombardier Aerospace has added three new business aircraft service facilities to its international support network.
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Repair signs Bombardier, Pentastar & Jet Corp.

Jet Repair Anywhere’s Wrench program provides a method for maintenance facilities to advertise to aircraft operators in need of maintenance.
Maintenance and Modifications

Standard Aero adds two major clients

Standard Aero Singapore has reached an agreement to support Arriel 1 and Arriel 2 engines for Turbomeca Asia Pacific in the Asia-Pacific region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Challenger 300 maintenance network expands

Bombardier Aerospace continues to expand its fast growing worldwide support network, adding two new Challenger 300 service facilities in North America.
Maintenance and Modifications

Arinc Direct opens new Scottsdale facility

In response to increasing demand for services from general and corporate aviation customers, Arinc Direct has expanded and relocated its Scottsdale, Ariz.
Maintenance and Modifications

Eclipse opens Albany service center

Eclipse Aviation announced the opening of its third service center during a ceremony at Albany International Airport in late February.
Maintenance and Modifications

Upgrade firm aquires product development facility

Blackhawk Modifications acquired a new product development facility in Elizabethtown, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Metrojet Maintenance Service Center

Metrojet pioneered business aviation services in Hong Kong and is one of the earliest private business aircraft operators in Asia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Vigilance required to ensure AD compliance

Airworthiness Directives (ADs) were in the news as I was writing this article as a major airline has admitted that it failed to comply with the ADs on a co
Airports

Recent decision could allow traffic increase at Farnborough

The UK government has approved an increase in weekend movements at London-area Farnborough Airport.
Airports

Farnborough Gets the Hollywood Touch

Plenty of A-list celebrities fly through Farnborough, but the British airport is set to get a serious dusting of Hollywood glitz when it features in the ne
Airports

Destination Airports: Tucson, Arizona

Tucson has a strong aviation tradition.
FBOs

Rapid Air opens renovated FBO

Grand Rapids, Mich.
FBOs

Arcadia Aviation adds Second FBO to its stable

Arcadia Aviation, which is developing corporate aviation hangar facilities at Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport (MRB) in Martinsburg, W.Va., has acqui
FBOs

Improvements continue at alternate Austin Airport

Pilots seeking an alternative to busy and expensive Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas might want to try Bird’s Nest Airport, 12 miles northea
FBOs

Atlantic buys three FBOs

Early last month Atlantic Aviation bought three FBOs from SevenBar Enterprises, in Albuquerque and Farmington, N.M., and Hailey, Idaho.
FBOs

Hawker Beechcraft FBOs added to BBA’s holdings

Signature Flight Support owner BBA Aviation announced that it is buying seven FBOs from Hawker Beechcraft, including a facility at busy and highly competit
FBOs

Encore now Landmark

Encore FBO and its financial backers, GTCR Golder Rauner and Platform Partners, finalized the purchase of Landmark Aviation’s Airport Services Division fro
FBOs

Colt signs up with Passur

Contract fuel and flight planning/handling company Colt International has signed up to use Megadata’s Passur flight tracking and software services suite.
FBOs

China Olympics flying guide

Ac-U-Kwik has published the guide for flight plan application and approval for China Olympic Games flights from July 1 through September 30 at
FBOs

Burbank may set night curfew

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena (Calif.) airport authority met on March 17 to deliver a presentation on its application for a mandatory nighttime curfew at B
FBOs

Blue City now FBO at Coventry

Blue City Aviation has been appointed to handle all FBO operations at Coventry Airport, in recognition of growing business aviation traffic at the UK airpo
FBOs

ExecuJet adds Singapore hangar

ExecuJet Aviation Group bought a 30,000-sq-ft hangar at Singapore’s Seletar Airport and is offering maintenance and hangar storage at the facility, its fir
Airports

LA studying LAX pollution

The Los Angeles board of airport commissioners awarded a $2.15 million contract to Jacobs Consultancy for a three-year study to evaluate air pollution emis
Airports

LAX installing safety lights

The FAA and City of Los Angeles have partnered to install runway status lights at Los Angeles International Airport.