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Maintenance and Modifications
World MRO Market Estimated To Top $55B by 2015
A report issued by Global Industry Analysts predicts the worldwide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market will reach $55.2 billion by 2015.
Maintenance and Modifications
Australia Mandates Adoption of Overseas ADs
Australia has changed its aviation regulations to simplify the process of developing Airworthiness Directives (ADs).
Maintenance and Modifications
Partnership Forms Environmental Management System
JDA Aviation Technology Solutions of Bethesda, Md., has partnered with UK-based EQ2 to offer environmental measurement reporting and reduction services.
Charter & Fractional
Pogo Jet axes air-taxi plans
Former American Airlines chief Robert Crandall’s plans to blanket the Northeast U.S.
Engines
Boeing Reveals Plans for Upgraded 737
Boeing yesterday announced a series of planned improvements to its 737 line the company says will result in a 2-percent decrease in fuel burn and a marked
Aircraft
Boeing Makes First Move To Slash Widebody Output
By early in the year it seemed obvious to all but the OEMs themselves that significant production rate cuts would have to happen, but it would take until t
Aircraft
Q1 Deliveries Stable, Net Orders Negligible for Airliner OEMs
First-quarter production activity essentially kept pace with last year’s rates at the major airliner manufacturers, as Boeing delivered
Environment
Could Low Fuel Prices Hurt Demand for New Jets?
Airbus COO for customers John Leahy often points to a coming wave of airplane retirements when questioned about airlines’ appetite for new equipment, even
Aircraft
Downward Pricing Pressure Adds to OEMs’ Woes
Indices used by airframe manufacturers to adjust the prices of airplanes on order have proved unhelpful lately to the OEMs, as the global recession suppres
Safety
Safety First? Not Necessarily So, Say Airline Employees
Penny-pinching by airlines is raising the anxiety among their employees over a perceived erosion of safety standards, according to a new survey by UK-based
Aircraft
Bombardier Inks European Training Pact for C Series
Bombardier Aerospace, Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) and Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT), yesterday signed the first authorized training provider (ATP)
Safety
FAA Plans Helo EMS Rulemaking
Yesterday the House subcommittee on aviation held a hearing on helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) safety.
Charter & Fractional
Air-taxi Plans a Nonstarter for Pogo Jet
Former American Airlines chief Robert Crandall’s plans to blanket the Northeast U.S.
Aircraft
Etirc Insolvency Signals End of Eclipse Europe Era
Roel Pieper’s European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) has filed for bankruptcy, ending Etirc Aviation’s once-lofty plans to distribute E
Aircraft
Further Delay for 747-8 Intercontinental
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney today revealed a further delay of the 747-8 Intercontinental, from the second quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of that year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Chromalloy Plans $16.5 Million Tampa Expansion
Chromalloy, a supplier of components, PMA parts and specialized component repairs for turbine engines, is investing $16.5 million in an expansion of its Ta
Maintenance and Modifications
Precision Turbines Teams with Avatas Aerospace
Avatas Aerospace has signed an agreement with Precision Turbines to allow the latter to offer maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Pratt & Whi
Maintenance and Modifications
Eclipse Jet Forms Service Center Network
Eclipse Jet, one of the companies formed to try to buy the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation, has entered into an agreement with logistics and management
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream’s ‘Meet the Quote’ Program Is Back
Gulfstream Aerospace has reinstituted its “Meet the Quote” spare parts price-matching program, initially launched in March 2004, and operators have until J
Maintenance and Modifications
Advice and Info Benefits NBAA MMC Attendees
The 24th annual NBAA maintenance management conference was held in New Orleans last week.
Aircraft
Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Wingset
Boeing has completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced today.
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Union Agrees to Furlough-Mitigation Program
Fractional ownership provider NetJets and its pilots union have collaborated on a voluntary furlough-mitigation program in an attempt to reduce the threat
Charter & Fractional
JetDirect Closes, Wayfarer Aviation Takes Over
On Friday, JetDirect Aviation chairman and CEO Greg C
FBOs
JPMorgan Lease at Westchester Delayed
Westchester County authorized the county executive to sign a lease with JPMorgan Chase for Hangar E-1 at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.,
Aircraft
Epic Launches Pair of Twins
Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft today launched a pair of turbine twins at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla.
Aircraft
Delta To Ground 30 CRJs
Delta Air Lines will ground at least 30 Delta Connection Bombardier CRJs this year as it moves to execute “synergies” associated with its merger with North
Aircraft
Flybe Takes 50th Q400, 1,000th Ultra Electronics ANC installation
The UK’s Flybe has taken delivery of its 50th Bombardier Q400 airliner, equipped with the 1,000th installation of Ultra Electronics’ active noise control (
Aircraft
American Reveals Extent of 787 Delays
American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, accor
Aircraft
EASA Pilots Fly Superjet 100s
EASA pilots have performed the first familiarization flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/Ns 95001 and 95003, Superjet International announced today.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Pentagon’s Budget Review Boosts UAVs, Drops F-22, VH-71 and CSAR-X
The Pentagon is increasing production of the General Atomics Predator and Reaper armed UAVs and withdrawing 250 strike aircraft.
