The FAA on Friday proposed fining Boeing $13.57 million for allegedly failing to meet deadlines for providing guidance to comply with the agency’s fuel tank flammability reduction rule. The rule, issued in July 2008, gave Boeing and Airbus until Dec. 27, 2010, to provide the regulator with aircraft-specific service instructions on replacing oxygen in fuel tanks with nitrogen. The FAA alleges that Boeing was 301 days late with 747 instructions and 406 days late with 757 instructions. Airbus met the deadline for all of its models.

Rolls-Royce (R-R) has expanded its TotalCare support package for British Airways (BA) with the addition of Aircelle and Goodrich Corp. to provide nacelle maintenance services for the Airbus A380s and Boeing 787s due to enter the carrier’s fleet.

The retirement age of commercial aircraft is decreasing as the global fleet renews, which is causing teardowns at younger ages.

Aftermarket parts suppliers and distributors face convergent effects in the market that have not existed in previous economic cycles.

Finnair and GA Telesis are in talks that, if successful, would lead to the takeover of the airline’s Helsinki-based, third-party engine overhaul business by the Florida-based service provider.

Brazil’s civil aviation agency recommends that Embraer 170- and 190-series operators closely monitor aircraft brake wear to prevent debris-shedding brake failures. The problem, revealed in a safety bulletin issued in August 2011 and updated last month, is being caused by cracks in disc grooves designed to minimize vibration, Brazil’s ANAC reports. In the most severe cases, brake assembly lugs are detaching and damaging aircraft or ending up as foreign object debris on airfields.

EASA has ordered CFM CFM56-5 and -5B operators in the Commonwealth of Independent States to limit use of TS-1 fuel or replace hydro mechanical units after several inflight shutdowns have been traced to fuel contaminants.

Garuda Indonesia has appointed Indonesia’s Mandiri Securities to provide advice on the initial public offerings for two of its subsidiaries, but there is still a hurdle to overcome.