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Honda Aircraft Introduces Phased Maintenance Program
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: HondaJet customers can soon take part in a flexible phased maintenance program for all varieties of the light twinjet.
Word Count: 191
Honda Aircraft has launched a flexible phased maintenance program for operators of the company's light twinjet. Applicable to all HondaJet HA-420 models—including the legacy HondaJet, Elite, Elite S, and Elite II—the program breaks up the 600-hour and 1,200-hour major inspection event tasks as defined in the Airworthiness Limitation and Inspection Manual (ALIM) into four phases at 150-hour intervals while still covering all the service tasks in the OEM’s regularly scheduled maintenance program.
The FAA-approved program will debut in April at all the company’s authorized U.S. service centers. Compared with traditional maintenance schedules, the new offering aims to reduce downtime for aircraft per service event as well as provide customers with a “more efficient cadence of maintenance events.” 
“High-utilization customers require a higher degree of flexibility in maintenance planning," said Amod Kelkar, head of Honda Aircraft’s commercial business unit and v-p of customer service. "This evolution of HondaJet’s scheduled maintenance program demonstrates our commitment to continually enhancing the HondaJet ownership experience.”