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.
Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services has been named an authorized service center for Bell Textron.
Clay Lacy Aviation’s facility at Connecticut's Waterbury-Oxford Airport is approved for maintenance on Canadian-registered business jets.
IAI's Boeing 777-300ERSF conversion center would be the first outside Israel.
Gulfstream's new service center in Mesa will cost more than $70 million to build.
With the recent addition of five Leonardo helicopters, Abu Dhabi Aviation's fleet size reaches 65.
The aircraft MRO division of Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Aviation Group wants to forge cooperation agreements with OEMs and other key industry players.
The Brazilian airframer is bolstering its aftermarket service capabilities and planning to expand its owned service center network.
Mubadala unit Sanad sees the size of its own portfolio increase to $1.2 billion.
A five-year agreement extends AAR's rotable component services for Flydubai, which began in 2016.
The electric propulsion innovator intends to convert 100-seat BAe 146 regional airliners to serve busy scheduled routes of up to an hour's flight time.
