StandardAero Adds Pratt & Whitney PW305 Service to Houston Facility

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – October 10, 2011 – StandardAero Business Aviation announced today that it is continuing to move forward with its support of the Pratt & Whitney PW300-series engines with the introduction of PW305 service at its Houston, Texas (IAH) facility. StandardAero’s Springfield facility (SPI) was the first site to begin supporting PW300-series work. Houston now has the capability to support engine needs for Lear 60 and Hawker 1000 aircraft.

The company is expanding its engine product lines to match its airframe capabilities as part of its CompleteCare™ service philosophy. Currently, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) support for the PW307 and PW308 engines exists at the company’s Springfield, Ill. (SPI), location as well as its broad Mobile Service Team network, with additional PW300 series service rollouts scheduled at its Los Angeles (LAX) and Augusta (AGS) service centers.

“We are introducing these new service capabilities to better serve customers with one-stop OEM authorized airframe and engine services,” said Eric Thompson, Engine Product Director, StandardAero Business Aviation. ”Today’s announcement is part of our comprehensive, nose to tail CompleteCare™ strategy that we’ve been evangelizing over the past 18 months. We’re looking to provide business aviation owners and operators the undeniable, hands-down, quality and convenience service option. A robust service offering is the way to do that.”

The new PW305 engine adds to our service capabilities joining the TFE731, TPE331, HTF7000, CFE738 engines and Honeywell APUs as well as the GE CF34 and Rolls Royce AE3007.

StandardAero will be exhibiting at the 64th Annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention and Expo on Oct. 10–12, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nev., (Booth N6116).