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Maintenance and Modifications

P&W Canada Inks Five-year Deal with Standard Aero

Standard Aero has entered a five-year purchase agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada for 500 aircraft engines as part of its PT6A-135A, -42 and -52 upgrade
Maintenance and Modifications

Standard Aero Breaks Ground for Maryville Expansion

Standard Aero is planning a $5.5 million, 10,000-sq-ft expansion for its existing 120,000-sq-ft Maryville, Tenn.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Signature buys anothe FBO

Signature Flight Support purchased Carolina Air Center at South Carolina’s Hilton Head Airport on September 28.
Maintenance and Modifications

Q400 Gear Incidents Prompt Inspection Recommendation

A second incident involving the collapse of a right main landing gear shortly after touchdown on a Bombardier Q400 operated by SAS has prompted an OEM reco
FBOs

Touching Bases:Salinas site of new FBO

Central Coast Aviation announced plans to build an FBO facility, to be called Salinas Jet Center, at Salinas Municipal Airport near California’s Monterey P
Maintenance and Modifications

Bell Tail Rotors Subject of Transport Canada Warning

Transport Canada (TC) has issued an Urgent Airworthiness Directive that calls for the inspection of certain tail-rotor components.
FBOs

Touching Bases: New Jersey FBO expandsNEW JERSEY FBO EXPANDS

Ocean Aire is offering space in its new 20,000-sq-ft hangar at R.J.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan Air Service Discounts King Air and Citation Inspections

Banyan Air Service is offering a 10-percent reduction on major inspections for King Airs and Citations through the end of this month.
Maintenance and Modifications

Epps gets Cessna NDI Facility OK

Epps Aviation, located at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, has been given Cessna authorized independent NDI facility certification.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Phoenix rises to serve

operators in the PACIFIC RIM Phoenix Fuel has formed Phoenix Japan Aviation Group, based at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, to provide ground-handling services fo
Maintenance and Modifications

Lufthansa Technik Boosts Engine Capacity in Hamburg

Lufthansa Technik expects to complete construction of a $71.26 million 161,000-sq-ft production facility at its Hamburg location in early 2009.
FBOs

Touching BAses: Jetscape eyeing expansion

Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport FBO Jetscape Services has secured new investments that will help it launch and develop a chain of FBOs.
Maintenance and Modifications

PAMA Adds Technical Program to Annual Conference

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced a new format for its annual meeting and aviation maintenance conference.
Maintenance and Modifications

CD Aviation Services Opens Canadian Service Center

Neosho, Mo.-based CD Aviation Services has opened a Honeywell authorized service center on Calgary International Airport in Alberta, Canada for the TPE331
FBOs

Touching Bases: Sheltair upgrades three FBOs

SheltAir completed interior renovations at its St.
Maintenance and Modifications

Embraer Breaks Ground on New Bizjet Service Center

Embraer has broken ground at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., for a new service center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Fargo Jet Center to Offer Hawker Beechcraft Service

Hawker Beechcraft announced that Fargo, N.D.-based Fargo Jet Center has joined its worldwide network of authorized service centers.
FBOs

Touching Bases: Wilson Air fuel trucks tally pounds/gallons

Always looking for new ways to serve customers, Wilson Air Center founder Robert Wilson came up with the idea to modify fuel trucks so that they can displa
Maintenance and Modifications

Yingling Offers Cessna 441 Continuous Inspection Program

Operators of Cessna 441 Conquest IIs have a new option for compliance with the continuous inspection program Cessna initiated last June.
Maintenance and Modifications

The Maintenanace Group to Join Bizjet International

BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., is expanding its corporate aviation services by adding Atlanta-based The Maintenance Group, which has been providing
FBOs

Touching Bases FBO profile: FBO provides a fuel stop for southbound U.S. pilots

Pilots looking for an alternative for clearing U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications

P&W Canada Opens Singapore Distribution Center

Pratt & Whitney Canada has opened a parts distribution center in Singapore to help accelerate deliveries to customers in the Pacific Rim region.
Maintenance and Modifications

Avmats Expands Capabilities for Falcon Filters

Corpair Supply, the component arm of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Avmats, can now clean, bubble point and flow check Falcon hydraulic filters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Threshold Aviation Group: Maintenance Op Grows Out of Corporate Flying Assignment

Threshold Aviation Group is evidence of evolution in action.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

OEMs set sights on lowering cabin altitude

The business aviation industry is on a constant quest to create a more comfortable cabin environment for the traveler, but only in the past several years h
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Westward Ho the Cabins Work

When BaySys Technologies, a completion and refurbishment center, decided to expand last year, the site selected was far from its headquarters in the sleepy
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Executive Version of Grob’s Utility Jet

Design of the full-size executive cabin mockup of the Grob SPn midsize “utility jet” shown in September at the NBAA Convention reflected lukewarm response
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center Ramps Up

The Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center in Toulouse, France, which opened for business in July, has taken in its first two aircraft for cabin outfitting, both
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: Embraer’s Lineage Mockup on Display

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer took advantage of the NBAA Convention to introduce a full-size, partial-cabin mockup of its Lineage 1000, the execu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completion and Refurbishment: NuBax to Passengers: Take a Seat and Relax

NuBax, a seating technology specialist based in the UK, has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with U.S.