Press Release: Trenchard secures FAA cert for Dubai MRO facility

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Press Release hub banner blue with title in red white and blueTrenchard Aviation Group, a leading partner in aircraft cabin component design, manufacture, repair and on-wing maintenance, is pleased to announce that its MRO facility in Dubai, Aero Technics FZCO, has been confirmed as an approved Repair Station by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Serving airlines across the Middle East region, Aero Technics’ facility offers a wide range of services, from repair of crew seats, galley inserts, megaphones, emergency locator transmitter, cabin and flight handsets to the overhaul of oxygen assemblies, fire extinguishers, and emergency evacuation systems including slides, rafts, life vests and smoke hoods.

Lassaad Yousfi, General Manager of Aero Technics FZCO, commented: “This is excellent news for us and for the whole Trenchard group. Together with our EASA and GCAA certifications, it further establishes our position as one of the most trusted MRO operations in the region.”

The FAA certification process is key to the organisation’s continuing mission to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.

Involving a high level of interaction between the applicant and the FAA, the process ensures that programs, systems, and intended methods of compliance are thoroughly reviewed, evaluated, and tested.

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About Trenchard Aviation Group

Trenchard Aviation Group is a leading provider of Aircraft Cabin Repair, Maintenance and Overhaul services. The Group’s offer to customers covers a comprehensive range of on-wing support and cabin design services, galley equipment including parts and rotables, soft furnishing design, manufacture and repair, and patented secure life vest pouches.

Trenchard Aviation Group operates through its four complementary businesses:

  • Aero Technics – on and off-wing aircraft support; including component repair, replacement and overhaul. Integral Part 21J design and development supporting a wide range of interiors projects such as full interior reconfigurations and EPA solutions
  • Airbase – cabin products and services including soft furnishings design/manufacture, carpets, dry cleaning and repairs
  • Reheat – galley, lavatory, cabin and cockpit maintenance and services
  • Servecorp – life vest pouches and tamper-evident RFID seals for aircraft seats

Employing more than 220 staff, the Group has sites at, or close to, the UKs three largest airports – Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester – as well as off-site workshop facilities in Worthing and Manchester, and a dedicated operation in Dubai Airport Free Zone at Dubai International Airport. Group accreditations include EASA Part 145 and Part 21 DOA & POA, FAA 145, TCCA and GCAA