Garuda Indonesia’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company, GMF AeroAsia, in December expects to start construction of a fourth hangar at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The company was hoping to lease a hangar at the airport, but now plans to appoint a contractor to build its own hangar, GMF AeroAsia President Director Richard Budihadianto told Aviation Week on the sidelines of a Garuda Indonesia event in Makassar Friday to mark the inaugural flight of the airline’s first Bombardier CRJ1000.

The FAA is urging transport category aircraft operators and repair stations to check inventories and maintenance records for windows and other glass parts that may have been part of an elaborate records falsification scheme by a former repair station in Florida.

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Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and GE Aviation have signed a long-term service agreement for General Electric CF6-80C2 and CF34-3, -8 and -10 engines. The deal encourages LHT to use more original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts and material. It also gives the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider intellectual property technology transfer rights, so the companies can jointly develop repairs. Repairs developed by LHT will be approved by the OEM, rather than a designated engineering representative.

European MRO providers are facing tough times with the region’s economic outlook uncertain and industry trends making growth more difficult to achieve, prominent forecasters said at Aviation Week’s MRO Europe conference in Amsterdam.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), resisting industry suggestions to address the problem with new maintenance recommendations, has ordered CFM56-3 and -7 operators to replace accessory gearboxes (AGBs) to prevent oil leaks caused by incorrectly reinstalled covers.

A proposed tightening of the FAA’s English language proficiency requirements for key repair station employees is being criticized by Japan Airlines and Rockwell Collins. In its draft rewrite of Part 145 certification, the agency proposes that supervisory personnel, inspection personnel and anyone authorized to approve an article for return to service be required to “understand, speak, read and write English.” The current rule has similar requirements, with one key difference: the regulations do not require spoken English.

Rolls-Royce is introducing a new program for Fokker 70s and Fokker 100s that promises to decrease overhaul costs for their Tay engines