Jordan's Arab Wings is winging its way into the maintenance sector with a new hangar under construction at its base at Amman's Marka airport. It follows the charter operator's signing of a deal with Bombardier to repair AOG (mechanically grounded) Challenger 600 series aircraft in the Middle East. Arab Wings, which has a sister company Gulf Wings operating out of Sharjah in the UAE, will next year add a Bombardier Global 500 to its fleet.
Source: Flight Daily News
US investigators probing the in-flight opening of an Embraer EMB-545’s passenger door have determined that a corroded and jammed door sensor falsely indicated to the crew that it was locked prior to departure.
Gulfstream has still not said when it expects to deliver the first of its recently certificated G700 long-range business jets, but the company has received additional certifications that bring the milestone closer.
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