Maintenance and Modifications
Private charter firm offers Part 145 maintenance
Elite Aviation entered the maintenance business as a result of lessons learned from contracting out service work on its charter fleet.

Elite Aviation entered the maintenance business as a result of lessons learned from contracting out service work on its charter fleet. “As a Part 135 international operation we did much of our own maintenance. We had control and we did things right, but if we had to send an airplane out for maintenance it would always come back over-budget and beyond the agreed-upon time line; it was frustrating,” said John Wilkins, COO of the Van Nuys-based company.

“We came to the conclusion we could do a better, more effective job by doing everything ourselves, and that led to the realization that we could be a first-class maintenance facility in support of other Part 135 operations. So we obtained an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate, hired Adam Parns as our director of maintenance and opened our doors to the public last October.”

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