Hello, thank you for the question. Below I have provided information
on the leading companies who specialize in the painting of commercial
aircraft in the United Kingdom specifically, and other leading
companies throughout Europe.
It should be noted that most major aircraft manufacturers, such as
Boeing and Airbus, do most of their painting in house. However, they
do, at times, subcontract out the painting duties.
In addition, re-painting is often performed by larger maintenance
companies that work out of the airports. I have listed the specific
airports where these companies have contracts and the types of planes
that they work on.
When available, I provided specific information on the companies and
their respective business strategies. More detailed information on
business related concerns is available at the respective websites
provided for each company.
I also provided some recent news on the industry, from a global scope.
I hope ths helps. If you require any further assistance with this
question, I will be happy to help, just request clarification.
Best regards,
Anthony (adiloren-ga)
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United Kingdom:
British Airways Engineering
PO Box 10, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex,
TW6 2JA, UK
Tel +44 20 8513 8000
Sita LONEMBA
emailbae@british-airways.com
Website www.british-airways.com/engineering
Description: Offers full maintenance support for fleets down to a
single ad hoc component overhaul. Has extensive aircraft maintenance
capabilities as well as mechanical and avionics component overhaul,
painting and stripping, inventory management, ground handling and line
maintenance.
Parent British Airways Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals JAR 145, Saudi PCA, LBA, JAA, FAR, FAA, CAAC, CAA, BGAR,
JCAB Principal types serviced Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde, Airbus A320,
A340, Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777Additional services Modifications,
STCs, interiors, paintshop Hangars 34 Hangar size 115,211m2 Widebody
spaces 15 Narrowbody spaces 22 Engines CFMI CFM56, GE CF6, IAE
V2500A1, P&W JT9D-7
Air Livery
Southern House, South Road, London Southend
Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6YF, UK
Tel +44 1702 540710
Fax +44 1702 542677
emailinfo@airlivery.com
Website www.airlivery.com
Description: Aircraft refinishing company, specializing in exterior
and interior repainting and refurbishment.
Speciality Airframes Approvals ISO 9002 Total employees 80 Principal
types serviced Airbus A300, A310, A320, BAe 146-100, Boeing 707, 727,
737, 757, 767, MD-80, Fokker 50, Ilyushin Il-62, Il-86, Lockheed
L-1011 TriStar, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, DC-9, Tupolev Tu-134, Tu-154
Additional services Interiors, Paintshop Hangars 5 Widebody spaces 2
Narrowbody spaces 3
Jet Aviation (London Biggin Hill)
Hangar 446, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill Airport, Biggin
Hill, Kent, TN16 3BN, UK
Tel +44 1959 579 600
Fax +44 1959 579 601
emailjbqh@jetaviation.com
Website www.jetaviation.com
Description: Approved maintenance facility and an authorised service
centre for Embraer Legacy aircraft. Provides aircraft maintenance,
exterior painting, avionics and electronic systems installations and
cabinetry and furniture refurbishment.
Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records
March 15, 2005
"Jet Aviation Management shuttles the jet set between Easy Street and
the lap of luxury. The company provides chartered jets from its fleet
of more than 150 owned and managed aircraft worldwide, including
corporate and private jets and helicopters. Jet Aviation, operating
from about 60 locations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North
and South America, serves every continent. It also provides aircraft
management services, fixed-base operations (FBO) and aircraft
handling, and aircraft maintenance and repair. The company is
controlled by the family of the late Carl Hirschmann, who founded Jet
Aviation in Switzerland in 1967."
Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals CAA Latvia, JAR 145,
Saudi PCA, UK CAA, Bermuda Total employees 26 Engineers 8 Airframe
engineers 6 Engine engineers 6 Avionics engineers 2 Principal types
serviced Bombardier Challenger 600, 601, 604, Learjet 35, 36A,
Bombardier Global Express, Cessna Citation II, Citation Excel,
Dassault Falcon 50, 2000, Embraer Legacy Executive, Gulfstream III, IV
Raytheon Hawker Additional services Modifications, interiors,
paintshop Hangars 2 Hangar size 5,188m2 Commuter spaces 5
FLS Aerospace (UK) (Stansted)
Long Border Road, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex,
CM24 1RE, UK
Tel +44 1279 680 068
Fax +44 1279 680 047
email sales@flsaerospace.com
Website www.flsaerospace.com
Description: Offers heavy maintenance for Airbus, Boeing and
Boeing/McDonnell Douglas aircraft, together with modifications
programmes and conversions, painting, frontline services including
line maintenance, maintrol, training and technical services: the
management and provision of components, and the repair and overhaul of
aircraft system components, including avionics, mechanical, APUs,
landing gears and wheels and brakes.
"FLS Aerospace (UK) (Stansted)
Long Border Road, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex,
CM24 1RE, UK
Tel +44 1279 680 068
Fax +44 1279 680 047
email sales@flsaerospace.com
Website www.flsaerospace.com
Description: Offers heavy maintenance for Airbus, Boeing and
Boeing/McDonnell Douglas aircraft, together with modifications
programmes and conversions, painting, frontline services including
line maintenance, maintrol, training and technical services: the
management and provision of components, and the repair and overhaul of
aircraft system components, including avionics, mechanical, APUs,
landing gears and wheels and brakes.
Parent FLS Aerospace Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals
CAA, FAA, ISO 9002, JAA, JAR 145 Total employees 3,150 Engineers 1,563
Principal types serviced Airbus A300, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330,
A340, Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Additional
services Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 1 Hangar size
24,672m2 Widebody spaces 2 Narrowbody spaces 2
FLS Aerospace (UK) (Manchester)
Manchester Airport, Hangar 1 West Maintenance Area,
Manchester, M90 5FL, UK
Tel +44 161 499 3999
Fax +44 161 499 3578
email marketing@flsaerospace.com
Website www.flsaerospace.com
Parent FLS Aerospace Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals JAR
145, CAA, FAA, ISO 9002 Total employees 3,150 Engineers 1,563
Principal types serviced Airbus A300, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340,
Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Additional
services Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 1 Hangar size
13,800m2 Widebody spaces 3 Narrowbody spaces 6
Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records
March 15, 2005
"FLS Aerospace (UK) is part of a triumvirate that makes up one of the
world's leading, independent providers of aircraft maintenance and
engineering. FLS Aerospace (UK), sister company FLS Aerospace
(Ireland), and parent SR Technics together have a network of
facilities that maintain aircraft at airports in the UK, Ireland,
Europe, and the Caribbean. The company offers heavy maintenance on
aircraft manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. Other services include
aircraft painting, line maintenance, training and technical services,
and aircraft system component repair and overhaul. "
Parent FLS Aerospace Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals
CAA, FAA, ISO 9002, JAA, JAR 145 Total employees 3,150 Engineers 1,563
Principal types serviced Airbus A300, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330,
A340, Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Additional
services Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 1 Hangar size
24,672m2 Widebody spaces 2 Narrowbody spaces 2
FLS Aerospace (UK) (Manchester)
Manchester Airport, Hangar 1 West Maintenance Area,
Manchester, M90 5FL, UK
Tel +44 161 499 3999
Fax +44 161 499 3578
email marketing@flsaerospace.com
Website www.flsaerospace.com
Parent FLS Aerospace Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals JAR
145, CAA, FAA, ISO 9002 Total employees 3,150 Engineers 1,563
Principal types serviced Airbus A300, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340,
Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Additional
services Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 1 Hangar size
13,800m2 Widebody spaces 3 Narrowbody spaces 6
Sprayavia International
Hangar 3, Liberator Road, Norwich Airport, Norwich,
Norfolk, NR6 6EU, UK
Tel +44 1603 415 612
Fax +44 1603 415 604
emailsprayavia@btconnect.com
Website www.sprayavia.com
Description: Aircraft repainting, exterior and interior refurbishment,
with two facilities at Norwich for aircraft to 757-300 size. Has
access to widebody European facilities for aircraft up to Airbus A340
/ Boeing 747-200 size.
Speciality Airframes Approvals ISO 9002 Total employees 45 Additional
services Interiors, Paintshop Hangars 4 Hangar size 10,500m2 Widebody
spaces 2 Narrowbody spaces 3 Commuter spaces 1
BASCO
Bournemouth International Airport, Christchurch,
Dorset, BH23 6NE, UK
Tel + 44 1202 409 168 Fax +44 1202 578 668
emailtgoodman@st.com.sg
website www.stengg.com/aero
Description: Airframe maintenance and engineering services
Parent ST Aerospace Speciality Airframes Checks B,C, D Approvals CAA,
JAA145, FAA145 Principal types serviced Boeing 727, 737, 757, Airbus
A300B2, B4, 600, A310, A319, A320, A321 Additional services
Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 1 Hangar size 90,000m2
BMI
Donington Hall, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2SB, UK
Tel +44 1332 852 500
Fax +44 1332 852 503
emailengineering@flybmi.com
Description: Provides ad hoc maintenance C and D checks, line
maintenance support, and total aircraft support that includes
maintenance, materials, powerplant and component management.
Parent bmi Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D Approvals CAA,
JAR 145 Total employees 670 Engineers 245 Airframe engineers 194
Avionics engineers 51 Principal types serviced Airbus A319, A320,
A321, A340, Boeing 737-300/400/500, 747-400, Embraer ERJ-135, ERJ-145,
Fokker 70, 100 Additional services Modifications, interiors, paintshop
Hangars 3 Hangar size 22,000m2 Widebody spaces 1 Narrowbody spaces 5
Engines CFMI CFM56, IAE V2500 A5, R-R AE3007 A3, Tay
Caledonian Airborne Engineering
Dove Hangar, 6 Ninian Road, Aberdeen Airport,
Aberdeen, AB21 0PD, UK
Tel +44 1224 722 274
Fax +44 1224 722 896
Description: Provides passenger handling, ramp services, line and base
maintenance. Has two bases for heavy maintenance -- Aberdeen with two
hangars and Edinburgh with one hangar.
Speciality Airframes Checks B, C, D Approvals CAA, JAR 145 Total
employees 120 Engineers 51 Airframe engineers 39 Engine engineers 36
Avionics engineers 12 Principal types serviced ATR 72, BAE Systems
748, BAe 146-100, One-Eleven, Boeing 737, Bombardier Dash 8, Cessna
404 Titan, Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, ERJ-145, Fokker 50, 100, F27,
Gulfstream I, Saab 340, Shorts 360 Additional services Modifications,
STCs, interiors, paintshop Hangars 3 Hangar size 7,200m2 Narrowbody
spaces 2 Commuter spaces 6
Flybe.Aviation Services
Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2BA, UK
Tel +44 1392 364520
Fax +44 1392 364594
Sita EXTENJY
email info@flybe.com
Website www.flybe.com/aviation
Description: Provides aircraft maintenance, modification, repair,
refurbishment and conversion for aircraft up to 45t. Changed its name
from British European Aviation Services to Flybe Aviation Services in
August 2003.
Parent Walker Aviation Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals Saudi PCA, Irish DoT, JAR 145 Total employees 450 Engineers
168 Airframe engineers 109 Engine engineers 111 Avionics engineers
67Principal types serviced ATR 42, 72, BAe 146-100/200/300, Bombardier
CRJ200, Dash 8 Q200, Q300, Q400, Shorts 360Additional services
Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 3 Hangar size 6,367m2
Narrowbody spaces 7 Commuter spaces 2 Engines GE CF34, Honeywell
ALF502R, LF5071F, P&WC PW100, PW150A
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Finland
Finnair Oyj, Technical Services
Tietotie 11A, Helsinki Vantaa Airport, 01053 FINNAIR, Finland
Tel +358 9 818 81
Fax +358 9 818 6786
Sita HELZMAY
email technical.sales@finnair.com
Website www.finnair.com/technicalservices
Description Maintenance and modification of airframes, engines, APUs,
components, landing gear. Provides technical training.
Speciality Airframes, engines Checks C, D Approvals JAA, JAR 145, FAA,
CAAC Total employees 2,100 Engineers 300 Principal types serviced
Airbus A319, A320, A321, ATR 42, 72, Boeing 757, MD-11, MD-80,
McDonnell Douglas DC-10, DC-9, Saab 340 Additional services
Modifications, interiors, paintshop Hangars 5 Hangar size 41,960m2
Widebody spaces 2 Narrowbody spaces 3 Engines CFMI CFM56-5B, GE
CF6-80C2D1F, JT8D, P&WC PW120
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France
Air France Industries
BP 7 - Aeroport Le Bourget, Le Bourget Cedex, F-93352, France
Tel +33 1 49 34 85 00
Fax +33 1 49 34 89 31
SitaLBGMLAF
Website www.airfranceindustries.com
Description: Provides integrated maintenance services for Airbus and
Boeing aircraft and their engines, including repair and overhaul of
main equipment such as avionics, hydraulics, pneumatics and fuel
systems. Also engineering services, aircraft modifications, full
flight support, aircraft painting and corporate jet integration.
Parent Air France Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals CAAC, FAA, FAR 145, ISO 9002, JAA, JAR 145, JCAB Total
employees 10,000 Principal types serviced Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde,
Airbus A300, A310, A318-100, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340, Boeing 727,
737, 747, 767, 777 Additional servicesModifications, STCs, interiors,
paintshopHangars 18 Hangar size 416,000m2Widebody spaces 26Narrowbody
spaces 32 Engines CFM56-5A1/5B/5C-2, CFM56-3, GE CF6-50-C2/E2,
CF6-80C2A/B/C, GE90Air Littoral Industrie
Aeroport de Dinard Pleurtuit, St Malo, Dinard,
F-35801, France
Tel +33 2 99 82 72 00
Fax +33 2 99 46 47 21
email Jean-Luc.FOURNEL@tat-industries.com
Website www.tat-industries.com
Description: Provides major checks, modification of aircraft
structures and circuits, line maintenance, technical assistance,
structural repair, dry stripping, repainting, interior refurbishment
and NDT. Provides equipment maintenance and spares. Authorised
Bombardier spares centre for Europe, Africa, and Middle East.
Parent TAT Group Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals JAA, JAR 145, ISO 9002, ISO 14001, DGAC Indonesia, DGAC
India, CAAC, AQAP, FAA, Thailand DOA Total employees 600 Engineers 200
Airframe engineers 140 Engine engineers 10 Avionics engineers 50
Principal types serviced Airbus A320, ATR 42, 72, Boeing 737, MD-80,
Bombardier CRJ200, CRJ700, Dash 8, DHC-6 Twin Otter, CASA CN235,
Dassault Falcon 20, Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, EMB-121 Xingu, ERJ-135,
ERJ-140ER, ERJ-145 LR, Fokker 50, 100, F27, F28, Socata TB 30 Epsilon
Additional services Modifications, STCs, interiors, paintshop Hangars
6 Hangar size 35,000m2 Narrowbody spaces 5 Commuter spaces 10 Engines
GE CT7, Honeywell TPE331, P&W JT8D, P&WC PT6, PW100, R-R Dart, Spey,
Tay
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Germany
Lufthansa Technik
Weg Beim J(TM)ger 193, Hamburg, Germany
Tel +49 40 5070 5553
Fax +49 40 5070 8860Sita HAMMVLH
email lht.infoline@lht.dlh.de
Website www.lufthansa-technik.com
Description: Maintenance and overhaul of all main Airbus and Boeing
types as well as VIP and executive aircraft modifications and
outfittings. Services include Boeing 747 structural
modifications/Section 41 inspections, satcom and TCAS installations,
aircraft painting, component, engine maintenance and overhaul as well
as engineering services. Also provides engineering services and
component maintenance for regional aircraft. Completion centre for
Airbus A319CJ and Boeing Business Jet. Company has STC for wireless
LAN installation and also integrated the first Connexion-by-Boeing
system system for internet services on a Boeing 747-400.
Parent Lufthansa Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals DGAC, LBA, JAR 145, JAA, FAA Total employees 10,747
Engineers 5,831 Airframe engineers 2,998 Engine engineers 1,360
Avionics engineers 173 Principal types serviced Airbus A300, A310,
A318-100, A319, A319CJ, A320, A321, A330, A340, BAE Systems Avro RJ85,
Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, BBJ, MD-11, MD-80, Bombardier Dash 8,
CRJ, Fokker 50, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Additional services
Modifications, STCs, interiors, paintshop Hangars 11. Hangar size
62,278m2 Widebody spaces 4 Narrowbody spaces 11 Engines CFMI CFM56, GE
CF34, CF6, IAE V2500, P&W JT9D, PW4000, P&WC PW100, PW901, JT8D, R-R
Trent 500
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Switzerland
SR Technics Switzerland
TVM, Zurich Airport, CH-8058, Switzerland
Tel +41 43 812 65 67
Fax +41 1 810 69 95
email srtechnics@srtechnics.com
Website www.srtechnics.com
Description: Maintains, repairs and overhauls aircraft, engines and
components, and provides related supplementary services, such as
training, material and logistics support, fleet management and
engineering.
Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D Approvals ISO 9001, JAR
145, FAR 145, FOCA Swiss Total employees 2,950 Engineers 600 Principal
types serviced Airbus A320, A330, A340-200/300, Boeing MD-11, MD-80
Additional services Modifications, STCs, interiors, paintshop Hangars
4 Hangar size 50,920m2 Widebody spaces 9 Narrowbody spaces 7 Engines
CFMI CFM56-5B/5C-2/7B, P&W JT8D 200, PW4000
TSA Transairco
PO Box 836, Geneva Airport 15, Geneva 15,
CH-1215, Switzerland
Tel +41 22 710 4400
Fax +41 22 710 4480
Sita GVATAXH
email info@transairco.ch
Website www.transairco.ch
Description: Offers maintenance, service and sales of executive type
aircraft. Approved for Falcon, Learjet, Raytheon and Aerospatiale.
Overhauls avionics, instruments, electrical components, brakes,
hydraulic components, propellers, landing gears and painting.
Parent Pilatus Aircraft Speciality Airframes, engines Checks B, C, D
Approvals DCA Bermuda, FAA, JAA, JAR 145, LBA Principal types serviced
BAE Systems BAe 125-700, Bombardier Challenger 601, Learjet 23, 24,
31A, 35, 36A, 55, Cessna Citation 500, CitationJet, 550 Citation II,
560 Citation Excel, Dassault Falcon 20, 50, 50EX, 900, 900EX, 2000,
Mitsubishi Mu-300, Raytheon Beech King Air 350, Hawker 400XP,
800XPAdditional services Modifications, STCs, interiors, paintshop
Hangars 1 Hangar size 2,600m2 Commuter spaces 10Engines GE CF700, CJ
610, Honeywell TFE731 2, TPE331, P&WC JT15D, PT6
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NEWS:
Aero Safety and Maintenance
October 3, 1997
"Pride Aviation has won the first-ever commercial aircraft painting
subcontract awarded by Boeing."
Overhaul & Maintenance
October 1, 2004
"Airbus signed a general terms agreement with SR Technics Switzerland
to carry out maintenance and modifications on its behalf. Under the
terms of the agreement, the Swiss MROwill be commissioned to perform
work on Airbus aircraft for airlines and lessor customers, including
cabin refurbishments and modifications, aircraft painting or the
installation of in-flight entertainment."
Aviation Daily
March 4, 2005
<<EAMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, in March 2002 bought the
operating assets of Celsius Aerotech, which was based at the Nashville
site, from Reliance Aerotech. EAMS offers heavy maintenance on
Embraer, ATR, British Aerospace, Bombardier, de Havilland and Saab
aircraft. Embraer planes currently comprise just over 50% of EAMS'
volume. Other EAMS services include component, accessory and avionics
repair and maintenance and aircraft painting. EAMS Managing Director
Bob Davis said the facility offers practically everything shy of
engine support, and he doesn't predict EAMS will branch into
powerplant maintenance. "The engines are well taken care of by the
[engine] manufacturers," he said. >>
Business Press
January 17, 2005
"Leading Edge Aviation Services in January 2004, leased 53,658 square
feet for aircraft painting and maintenance at the Southern California
Logistics Airport hangar 756. Terms of the lease were not immediately
disclosed."
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