There's an old saying that cleanliness is next to godliness. As it turns out, cleanliness may be next to a few more worldly things as well, including safety, motivation and employee productivity.

Jet Midwest appointed Tom Corum to VP of business development for Jet Midwest Technik. He comes to the company after three years in the financial services and business brokerage industry. He has spent more than 30 years in the aviation industry.

PATS Aircraft Systems will install auxiliary fuel systems on 10 Boeing 737-900ER auxiliary fuel systems on Turkish Airlines aircraft. The first two aircraft have been inducted at the PATS facility for installation of the auxiliary fuel system, which will be delivered in a two-tank aft configuration, adding 962 gallons of fuel and extending the range of the aircraft up to 450 nm.

AAR Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products from Teleflex, Inc. The transaction is expected to generate $225 million of revenue in fiscal 2013. The acquisition will enhance AAR's ability to capitalize on commercial aircraft build cycles as a tier-one supplier to Airbus and Boeing. Telair designs, manufactures and supports cargo loading systems for widebody and narrowbody aircraft. Nordisk designs and manufacturers heavy-duty pallets and lightweight cargo containers for commercial airlines.

BEIJING—The frames of new hangars keep rising, and plenty more are on the drawing board as China's march into heavy airframe maintenance continues unabated.

Concorde Battery issued STCs to install a lead acid battery as a replacement for the existing nickel-cadmium on Boeing 737-600, -700, -800 and -900 aircraft,

Northwest Aerospace Technologies issued STC to install a new interim crew rest for Delta Air Lines A330-200, STC ST02193SE

Delta Air Lines has outsourced airframe heavy maintenance and interior modification work to MRO companies overseas, but the carrier has found that the cost savings are getting harder to come by, and there is a lot of time and effort involved in managing relationships with MRO suppliers.