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.
The MRO Insider app now has 350 maintenance provider locations in the U.S., UK, Mexico, and Brazil.
Under a 10-year agreement, Muirhead Avionics will support Honeywell deck displays, control displays, and display computers on Embraer Legacy 600s and 650s.
In advance of its May 1 opening, King Aerospace completed fire suppression testing of an advanced fire-suppression system at its Arkansas MRO facility.
Raisbeck has received STC for its Epic Caravan mod which the company said addresses aerodynamic drag associated with the cargo pod on the Caravan 208B.
First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade and forming a new rotary-wing maintenance division for rotor blades and dynamic components.
Volare Aviation has opened a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management and refurbishment facility at London Oxford Airport.
West Star Aviation's revamped mobile phone app is designed to improve communication with its aircraft maintenance customers.
Nomad Technics's completion of its first 120-month inspection on a Bombardier Global 5000 could lead to additional work for the company.
The opening of a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management, and refurbishment facility will help Volare Aviation keep up with demand growth, it said.
Central American Aviation Services has completed the first Bell 212 upgrade with the Archangel air data attitude/heading reference system.
