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.
Within its first three months of service the Smart Lander tool allowed ATR to advise operators rapidly of landing gear maintenance needs.
Having developed automation solutions for GE Aviation plants worldwide, GE Bromont is automating inspections for engine MRO.
Engine Assurance Program is providing 20 TFE731 turbofan engines to Duncan Aviation over the next 12 months.
EASA Part 145 maintenance organizations will soon be required to meet revised regulations that require implementation of a safety management system.
Bristow Group's new long-term maintenance agreements with Leonardo Helicopters and Pratt & Whitney cover airframes and engines.
AviationManuals said it has been a trusted vendor of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority's international operations and procedures manuals.
This is the second foreign repair certification earned by Texas-based Aviation Maintenance Professionals.
Bevan Aviation is a couple of years from marking 70 years in business as an avionics repair and install shop as well as an aircraft maintenance provider.
Under sanctions imposed due to Russian aggression in Ukraine, many Russian-owned business jets now languish in limbo.
The Helicopter Association International and the Aircraft Electronics Association are teaming on a maintenance safety management system.