Maintenance and Modifications
News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.
ExecuJet’s aircraft maintenance facility at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport is expected to open in the first quarter of 2023.
In 2022, Middle East-based ACJ departures are up 42 percent on 2019.
Citadel Completions joins five other locations in the Airbus Corporate Jets service center network.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Alpha Star Aviation operates a fleet of Gulfstream G450 business jets and has signed with Honeywell for maintenance services.
C&L Aviation Group acquires commercial, regional, and defense MRO ACLAS Technics.
Sabena technics installs the Leonardo Miysis directed infrared countermeasure system on a VVIP Bombardier Global 7500.
The Bombardier Challenger 604 that Auric Jets is displaying for sale at MEBAA Show has completed a 16-year inspection and landing gear overhaul.
Atlas Air Service's January acquisition of AAL means a bigger business aviation services company with greater capabilities.
Business aircraft maintenance provider Duncan Aviation is attending the MEBAA Show as it eyes the Middle East region as a potential growth area.
Growth opportunities abound in the Middle East, and these will accelerate with efficient use of business aircraft.
