Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announces that it has attained new certifications allowing each U.S. company-owned service center to support the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands.
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01/28/2016 - 12:14
01/22/2016 - 05:07
Boeing (NYSE: BA) announces that Aeromexico has signed an agreement to implement Boeing Maintenance Performance Toolbox Records to support maintenance operations for its Next-Generation 737, 767, 777, 787 and non-Boeing fleets.
The announcement came during Aviation Week’s MRO Latin America 2016 conference and exhibition in Lima, Peru. Aeromexico is the sixth airline to sign up for the popular new module since its launch in October 2015.
01/21/2016 - 13:54
Comlux - The Aviation Group announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with Texel Air in order to provide its Middle East customers with dedicated MRO line maintenance and cabin upgrades and refurbishments on their VIP aircraft.
01/21/2016 - 13:06
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces it has completed the acquisition of Able Engineering & Component Services Inc. and Able Aerospace Inc., an industry-leading repair and overhaul company.
01/20/2016 - 14:52
Philippine Airlines and Lufthansa Technik AG sign a five-year total component maintenance (TCM) contract for the airline's Airbus A320 and A340 fleets. The services will be extended end of 2016 to support additional Airbus 320s operated by Philippine Airlines.
Lufthansa Technik will support Philippine Airlines at its main base in Manila. The component service offices in Manila and Shenzhen will coordinate the customer support. Maintenance, repair and overhaul services will be carried out at Lufthansa Technik's component centres in Hamburg, Germany and Shenzhen, China.
01/19/2016 - 11:43
The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) Business Aviation Scholarship program announces the award of $25,000 in scholarships to six students. NARA initiated the scholarship awards in 2014 with donated funds coming from the brokers/dealers and products and services members.
01/14/2016 - 16:03
DAC International, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announces that its latest A-D (analog-digital) converter, model GDC62, has been used as part of a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplemental type certificate.
The GDC62 accepts analog inputs from various radio altimeter models and converts the signal to ARINC 429 format that is compatible with currently available TCAS II digital processors. The GDC62 eliminates the need to replace analog radio altimeters when digital-only TCAS receivers are installed.
01/12/2016 - 14:21
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announces that applications for the 2016 Aviation Maintenance Technician Employer Award Program are available now through Feb. 26, 2016.
This award program is designed to recognize companies that employ aviation maintenance technicians (AMT) and encourage and support AMT training. The award is based on the percentage of AMTs that participate in qualifying training events.
01/12/2016 - 12:20
DART Aerospace announces the launch of its new Approved Maintenance Centre (AMC) network. By establishing this new network, DART allows small and medium size helicopter operators and private owners to have access in their region to dedicated partners qualified to offer DART aftermarket solutions. In addition to this proximity service, the AMC partners can offer DART solutions with very competitive terms.
01/08/2016 - 18:21
Duncan Aviation names Lee Bowes the company's central United States regional manager. Bowes will help business aircraft operators in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming become more familiar with the comprehensive service capabilities offered by Duncan Aviation. These services include airframe and engine maintenance, paint and interior refurbishment, avionics installations, avionics/instrument/accessory repair and overhaul, engine, avionics and airframe AOG assistance, aircraft sales and acquisition, and parts support.
01/06/2016 - 14:19
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), announces the selection of the G950 Integrated Flight Deck for the United States Forest Service (USFS) fleet of Sherpa aircraft (Shorts SD3-60).
01/05/2016 - 15:46
FlightSafety International announces David Opalach has been named assistant manager of the company’s Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
01/05/2016 - 15:27
Flying Colours Corp., the North American MRO, completions, and refurbishment company, secures a Supplemental Type Certificate for ADS-B OUT for Bombardier Challenger 300 airframes from the US-based FAA. The first Bombardier Challenger 300 was outfitted with the soon-to-be mandatory tracking system in November 2015 at its St. Louis facility. The STC will be submitted for validation by both Transport Canada and Europe’s EASA this year.
01/05/2016 - 13:46
West Star Aviation announces that its Grand Junction, CO location has been approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
West Star's Grand Junction location is now in compliance with the China Civil Aviation Regulation (CCAR)-Part 145 Maintenance Organization. The purpose of the approval includes overhauling and repairing landing gear for business aircraft and also specialized service of Ultrasonic, Eddy Current X-Ray, Liquid Penetrate and Magnetic Particle Inspection.
12/17/2015 - 14:58
1Ansah Pty., a Machine Learning software company, specializes in applying ground-breaking technologies just emerging from Silicon Valley to penetrate key front-end bottlenecks in the MRO repair process.
1Ansah leverages the convergence of cognitive computing and other state-of-the-art technologies such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML) and advanced search engines to provide technical information in "real time" to help specialists, engineers and technicians quickly and effectively utilize technical documentation and manuals.
12/16/2015 - 16:09
Aviation Business Strategies Group (ABSG) completes one of the first authorized International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH™) registration audits in North America for Jet Center Los Angeles, a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) located at Hawthorne Airport (KHHR).
12/14/2015 - 16:45
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announces a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras.
The Registration Task Force delivered recommendations to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on November 21. The rule incorporates many of the task force recommendations.
12/14/2015 - 16:36
StandardAero completes its first certified ADS-B solution for an Embraer Legacy 650 aircraft at the company’s Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) MRO facility. Along with the ADS-B installation, StandardAero also completes a full Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) GPS upgrade. Both upgrades were performed through Embraer Service Bulletins.
12/14/2015 - 16:31
Elliott Aviation, an authorized service center for Embraer Phenom 100 and 300, announces the completion of three Phenom 72-month inspections in the month of November. The 72-month inspections were done on Phenom 100 airframes. All three inspections were delivered the week of November 15th, 2015.
12/10/2015 - 12:16
Duncan Aviation announces that Brian Andrews has accepted the Interior manager position for its Battle Creek, MI, facility. Andrews began his 17-year tenure at Duncan Aviation as an airframe technician after graduating from the Michigan Institute of Aeronautics with his A&P license.