Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. named Sherman Collins field representative in the U.S.

Greenpoint Technologies promoted Mark Keilholz to senior director-information technologies.

Flight Safety Foundation appointed David McMillan chairman of the board of governors.

Finnair had a problem that cost it about €100 ($130) per minute and it needed a solution. The culprit was the dual engine bleed air system on its Airbus A330s. The airline suffered two incidents because the system failed—each malfunction resulted in loss of aircraft pressurization and resultant emergency descents.

JetBlue has replaced all of the flight hour maintenance agreements it had with Aveos Fleet Performance.

Rolls-Royce and Emirates engineers were literally working in the field to replace the damaged engine of the A330-200 at Lusaka Airport

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) expects commercial aircraft engine spares orders to rebound following recent declines at its Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Sundstrand units.

Fairbanks, Alaska-based Everts Air Cargo is one of the first two customers for the MD-80 family passenger-to-freighter conversions performed by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), the Miami, Fla.-based aircraft conversion company says. The other launch company also is U.S.-based, but AEI is not yet disclosing its identity. AEI has an order book for 15 of the converted aircraft in the first year of production, which is expected to begin before the year’s end, Convey says.