Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. will acquire Aero Center’s Pilatus-focused maintenance operations and personnel (MRO) at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. SAR Trilogy Management, LLC (SAR-T), the holding company of the Aero Centers portfolio of fixed-base operations (FBOs), and Pilatus have entered into a definitive agreement.
The transaction, which is limited to Aero Center’s Pilatus maintenance business and personnel, is anticipated to close in 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Aero Centers will continue to operate its FBO and other maintenance activities through and following completion of the transaction.
“We are very pleased to announce the sale of Aero Centers’ Pilatus maintenance and repair operations to Pilatus Aircraft Ltd,” said Sanjay Aggarwal, Managing Director of SAR-T Trilogy Management. “This transaction allows Aero Centers to better focus on its FBO, non-Pilatus maintenance, and aircraft management and charter business at PDK, and we look forward to continue providing an exemplary service to our customers and maintenance services to our non-Pilatus aircraft customers now and in the future.”
Speaking at the contract signing, Markus Bucher, CEO of Pilatus, emphasizes: “With this acquisition we want to safeguard and further improve the continuity and quality of our award-winning services on the southeast coast of the USA. I’m delighted that we will have the expertise and the employees on board with us, and that we can continue to offer our customers a first-class service – ‘Together we create the Pilatus Class’!”
Pilatus will continue to provide MRO services on an independent basis to its customers and is committed to providing comprehensive product support over the entire life cycle of Pilatus aircraft including maintenance and repair services, as well as avionics and spare parts sales for the single-engine PC-12 and the twin-engine PC-24 Super Versatile Jet. In connection with the acquisition, Pilatus will deliver the PC-12 and PC-24 sales activities previously provided by Aero Centers Epps.
