AFI KLM E&M and WestJet ink a letter of intent to sign a contract for maintenance and support for the GEnx engines equipping the Canadian carrier's fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9s. AFI KLM E&M will monitor WestJet's GEnx fleet using its PROGNOS for ENGINE data-analysis and predictive-maintenance system. This is the first major contract between the two groups.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announces the recipient of its highest annual honor. The William A. “Bill” Ong Memorial Award is to be presented to NATA director emeritus and former president, Martin (Marty) H. Hiller. Hiller will be recognized June 18 during the Awards Presentation Luncheon held in conjunction with the NATA 2019 Annual Meeting and Aviation Business Conference.

StandardAero celebrates the delivery of the its 500th CFM International CFM56-7B turbofan engine from its overhaul facility in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. The milestone engine powered a Boeing 737 Next Generation passenger jet operated by a major North American airline supported by StandardAero via offload agreements with its valued partner GE Aviation.

Baker Aviation, a full-service aircraft maintenance, management and charter company in Fort Worth, TX, announces it is now a recognized dealer for the BLR Aerospace line of King Air winglets, winglet LED upgrades, de-ice boots, and Whisper Prop® products.

Raisbeck Engineering, Inc. (“REI”) and Aerospace Instrument Support, Inc. (“AIS”) announce Aerospace Instrument Support has joined Raisbeck’s global network of authorized dealers. Located at the Denton Airport in Denton, TX, Aerospace Instrument Support specializes in providing aircraft maintenance and avionics installation/support as well as major aircraft modifications for business-class aircraft.

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, hires Jarmila Kotkova, a seasoned sales strategist, as its regional sales manager for Europe. Kotkova has more than 20 years of experience in logistics, maintenance and parts support in the European regional airline market.

Duncan Aviation recently introduced an FBO Services Calculator website app that allows operators to easily see their complete service charges and fees when stopping at a Duncan Aviation FBO facility for transient fuel services. 

ALTO Aviation, an industry leader in cabin audio/entertainment systems, Cabin Management Systems (CMS), and Passenger Controls, and Rosen Aviation, designer and manufacturer of cabin electronic devices, officially announced a strategic retrofit market partnership at the 62nd edition of AEA International Convention & Trade Show in Palm Springs. 

Elliott Aviation announces Canadian certification on its STC for Honeywell’s dual NZ-2010 FMS 6.1 upgrade in the Hawker 800 facilitating WAAS/LPV approaches. The STC covers the latest NZ-2010 6.1 operating software, 03040. The certification covers all Hawker 800’s with Honeywell’s SPZ-8000 avionics suite. In addition, it has received EASA Certification for their ADS-B STC on Citation 560 Excel/XLS Honeywell equipped aircraft. This STC uses remote mount Garmin GTX-3000 smart transponders and replaces the current Honeywell transponders giving the aircraft both ADS-B out and ADS-B in.

Sales to the aerospace industry represented over half of Shop-Pro Equipment’s sales in February for the first time in company history. Shop-Pro’s premier product, theMobile Work Station®, was originally designed in conjunction with an automotive body shop technician for the collision repair indus