Global Aviation Technologies (GAT) of Wichita launched maintenance and support subsidiary Global Aviation Maintenance to provide support for the Hawker 4000, Premier I/IA and the Learjet 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 series. GAT also created a product support group for the Hawker 4000 that will provide services such as fault history, database analysis and pre-buy assistance.
“The maintenance operation has five full-time employees, all FAA airframe and powerplant mechanics, working out of a 20,000-sq-ft maintenance hangar. Two of them are dedicated to the Hawker 4000 product support group,” Woody Cottner, v-p for business development, told AIN. “These are people who had previously worked for the OEM product support group so they know the 4000 intimately.”
Global Aviation Maintenance conducts scheduled inspections, AOG support, avionics upgrades and support and airframe work. Engine overhauls are outsourced to the OEM. The MRO is also in the process of addressing mandated updates for Fans 1/A, CPDLC and ADS-B. “The deadline for Europe is June 8, 2016, and the U.S. is January 1, 2020; we expect to go online with this upgrade by the end of this year,” Cottner said.
