Bombardier inaugurated a new engineering service office in Bangalore. It will house an estimated 50 aerospace engineers by the end of 2013.

Air Corsica selected AFI KLM E&M to complete phase out and C checks on its two Airbus A319s as the carrier prepares to return them to a lessor and replace them with two A320s. The C checks were carried out at AFI KLM E&M's Toulouse-Blagnac facility. AFI KLM E&M also gained several modification projects for Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft from the International Lease Finance Corp., including cabin, avionics and material management services. AFI KLM E&M and ILFC work together under a general terms agreement on modification, engineering and engine overhauls.

Air Maintenance Estonia appointed David Williams as managing director and CEO. Williams has more than 28 years of MRO experience, holding managerial positions at SAS Technical Services, Emirates and Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies.

How is the new hangar at Berlin Brandenburg coming together?

Aerostar's new maintenance hangar in Bacau, Romania, will double the MRO's capacity and open new opportunities for widebody and regional contracts. Ovidiu Buhai, Aerostar's director of aviation MRO, expected the 5,000-sq.-meter (54,000-sq.-ft.) hangar to open in mid-May. The new building will have four bays with the capacity to hold four narrowbody aircraft at once, but it is also tall enough to house a Boeing 767-sized widebody. The building sits near Aerostar's current four-bay hangar near Bacau International Airport.

PATS aircraft systems received ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C quality certification approval.

Field Aviation received an STC from EASA to install the Universal Avionics EFI-890R display system in Dash 8-100/-200/-300 models. The upgrade includes installation of five identical Universal EFI-890R LCD flat panel displays.

Amavco acquired Field Aviation from Field's parent firm, Hunting PLC. Field Aviation is an aircraft modification and parts manufacturing company with locations in Toronto, Calgary, Seattle and Cincinnati. Amavco says it is identifying sites for its first U.S. modification center. Facilities