Messier Services America (MS America) announced today the signing of two landing gear overhaul contracts with Caribbean airline BWIA West Indies Airways and Mesaba, a Minnesota-based regional airline.
The BWIA contract will be the first Airbus A340 contract for MSA and will further enhance the facility's ability to offer comprehensive repair and overhaul solutions for Messier-Dowty and Messier-Bugatti equipment in North and South America.
The Mesaba agreement covers 35 Avro RJ aircraft in the airline's fleet and runs through the end of 2008. Under the terms of this comprehensive support agreement, MS America will be responsible for all landing gear repair and overhaul needs, including the provision of exchange gears.
Messier Services America's 120,000-square-foot facility is located five miles north of Washington-Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.
Messier Services provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for aircraft landing systems as well as associated hydraulics. Messier Services is a member company of the Snecma Group, and has close to 1,100 employees at sites in the United States, Europe, and Singapore. The company maintains international approvals from all relevant airframers and airworthiness authorities for the entire range of repair and maintenance operations on equipment produced by Messier-Dowty, Messier-Bugatti, and other leading manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.messierservices.com.
