Trade Press Releases

Las Vegas, Nev. – October 22, 2013 – 2013 was a benchmark year for Associated Air Center’s environmental performance, receiving multiple awards from national, state and local environmental agencies. Most recently the company won the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable’s (NPPR) Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Award for efforts in reducing

Las Vegas, Nev. – October 22, 2013 – StandardAero Business Aviation continues to expand its legacy as the leading service provider in business aviation engine MRO with its growing MRO service and support of the Honeywell HTF700 engine. To date, StandardAero has completed over 50 combustor changes and performed 18,

Tempe, Ariz. – October 18, 2013 – StandardAero announced that it has launched dedicated Mobile Repair Teams (MRT) conducting on-wing hot section inspections (HSIs) and repairs for the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW610 and PW615 series engine. StandardAero is an independent provider of turbofan engine MRO and the world’s

Tempe, Ariz. – October 17, 2013 – StandardAero was awarded a contract worth up to $97 million to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada, PT6A-68 engine MRO services from Dyncorp International, which serves as the prime contractor to the JPATS Program Office for the T-6 COMBS contract. The contract stipulates that

Tempe, Ariz. – October 14, 2013 – StandardAero announced that it has signed an exclusive, two-year maintenance agreement with Air Nostrum for 31 auxiliary power units (APUs). The APUs are manufactured by Honeywell – Model RE220RJ. “Today’s announcement is another strategic win for StandardAero and reflects our growing awareness in

Tempe, Ariz. – September 23, 2013 – StandardAero announced that it has joined forces with Fokker Services to expand the FLYFokker Program’s service offering to include engine services. The program consists of four support solutions: Take Off, Take Care, Take Over and Take Next and is based on Fokker Services’

Tempe, Ariz. – September 18, 2013 – StandardAero announced that Russell Ford has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Ford joins StandardAero from Precision Castparts Corporation, where he recently served as President of Carlton Forge Works and Dickson Test Group of the Forged Products Division. Ford

Tempe, Ariz. – September 16, 2013 – StandardAero has appointed Marc McGowan as Senior Vice President of StandardAero’s Business Aviation Sector, succeeding Scott Taylor who is retiring from the Company. “I am confident in Marc’s ability to quickly and seamlessly lead our Business Aviation team,” said Firoz Tarapore, Interim President