A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider StandardAero (Stand T103) has been authorized by Honeywell Aerospace (Stand Q23, Chalet CS32) as exclusive provider in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) region for major MRO services for Honeywell’s TFE731 family of turbofan engines.

 


“Receiving this Honeywell authorization cements our reputation as the world leader on TFE731 engine maintenance,” said Eric Thompson, engine product director for StandardAero Business Aviation. “We look forward to offering our experience, quality and world-class turn times to operators in the EMEAI region.”

 


The agreement, effective January 1, authorizes StandardAero as the only maintenance facility in the EMEAI region licensed to perform both Core Zone Inspections (CZIs) and Maintenance Service Plan (MSP)-covered Major Periodic Inspections (MPIs). The authorization also covers non-MSP-covered engine maintenance and line maintenance on Honeywell’s 36-series APUs for business jet operators in the region.

 


Under the agreement, StandardAero will also establish Europe-based mobile service teams to support some 600 operators in the region. StandardAero has performed more than 19,000 TFE731 MPIs and CZIs over its 40 years of servicing the engine, and anticipates supporting more than 1,500 MPI and CZI events over the life of the long-term contract.

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