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New MRO facilities and joint ventures are highlights of this month’s News Briefs and Contracts.

Specialists are adding new services, growing their global footprint and signing new customers.

Though the FAA may or may not require safety management systems for repair stations, the issue is moot for the largest shops.

The FAA’s emergency AD and that of Transport Canada followed “multiple occurrences” of cracking found in the Bell 505 vertical top end cap assembly.

Major upgrades will be carried out at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport following an investment from Transport Canada.

Regulators are urging Airbus A220 operators to follow manufacturer guidance for mitigating risks of main landing gear wheels locking up on contaminated runways.

SkyUp is continuing its international expansion into ACMI and charter flights after Russia's invasion of Ukraine put paid to its previous business model.

“The growing pilot shortage will need to be addressed in a measurable and broad way,” TC Associate Director General, Civil Aviation Andy Cook said.

ARSA is working to gather industry feedback on how the aftermarket uses electronic information for regulatory compliance.

WestJet has chosen Jetaire’s Invicta product for fuel tank flammability reduction on its Boeing 737 fleet.

Ribbit is a Toronto-based startup that is using autonomy to help improve air cargo access to far-flung communities in Northern Canada.

Startup Merlin has completed a series of autonomous flight trials in Alaska using a Cessna Caravan fitted with its automated flight control system.

Limosa plans to develop the LimoConnect, an eight-seat tiltrotor with distributed electric propulsion.

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes into terrain.

A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes into terrain.

Attendees at ARSA’s annual conference outlined challenges the MRO industry still faces in training, technician shortages and regulatory policies.

A flight-deck design quirk is causing Airbus A220 pilots to inadvertently engage the autopilot instead of the auto throttle.

Transport Canada has issued the fledgling ULCC with an AOC and signed off its launch of YYZ services to Winnipeg and Moncton.

Canada Jetlines wins regulatory approval to launch scheduled flights, becoming the latest entrant in a growing Canadian ULCC market.

The airline plans to enter the Canadian airline market this summer.

The new member of P&WC’s PurePower PW800-series engines has undergone 4,900 hr. of engine testing.

Emergency airworthiness directives (AD) have been issued requiring main-rotor hub inspections of certain Bell helicopters following the fatal crash of a Bell 212 last month in Canada.

The carrier plans to operate non-scheduled repatriation flights.

The move comes after Transport Canada lifted the ban on the MAX in Canadian airspace.

Transport Canada plans to finally lift a NOTAM banning Boeing 737 MAX services in the country on Jan. 20 following the publication of an Airworthiness Directive (AD) Jan. 18 detailing the conditions under which the aircraft is allowed back into Canadian revenue operations.