Press Releases

GA Telesis Increases Portfolio with Acquisition of Boeing 737NG

August 19, 2013 Ft. Lauderdale, FL– – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”), announced that it has purchased a Boeing 737-700 (CFM56-7B) (ex Gol Airlines) MSN 30273 aircraft for dismantle. The aircraft has entered the GA Telesis disassembly production line in the USA, and the aircraft component sales efforts will be led by the GA Telesis supply chain and global sales teams respectively. GA Telesis continues to analyze global material demand and realizes the opportunities within the… Read more

GA Innovation China Performs First Aircraft Disassembly in Beijing, China

July 24, 2013 – Beijing, China – GA Innovation China (“GAIC”), the newly formed joint venture between GA Telesis, LLC and Air China Ltd celebrated together with Beijing Capital International Airport Co., Ltd (“BCIA”) and Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (“AMECO”) the start of their first commercial aircraft teardown project involving a Boeing 747-400 aircraft acquired from Air China. All three parties held a ceremony alongside the 747 aircraft in AMECO’s main hangar to kick… Read more

GA Innovation becomes first company of its kind to achieve AS9120 Accreditation

July 11, 2013 – Beijing, China – GA Innovation China announced that it successfully passed its audit by SAI Global, and its quality system is accredited and able to operate to AS9120, the highest level of organizational and quality assurance certification standard available for aerospace companies. Based on ISO 9001, AS9120 includes additional aerospace-specific requirements that are identified within the body of the standard. This new standard enables organizations to easily identify where core aerospace… Read more

GA Telesis Continues to Provide Best-In-Class Component Support via Disassembly of Boeing 777-200ER, 767-200ER and 757-200ER

July 10, 2013 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”), announced that it has started the dismantling process for three Boeing aircraft, including one 777-200ER (TRENT 800) (MSN 28418) ex-Malaysia Airlines, one 767-200ER (CF6-80A) (MSN 22326) ex American Airlines and one 757-200 (PW2000) (MSN 25276) ex-United Airlines. All aircraft have entered the GA Telesis disassembly production line in the USA, and the aircraft dismantling and remarketing efforts will be led by the GA Telesis… Read more

GA Telesis Engine Services Oy Wins Transaero Airlines Contract for Exclusive Repair of General Electric CF6-80C2 Engines

June 14, 2013 – HELSINKI, Finland – International Russian airline, Transaero Airlines (Moscow, Russia) awarded GA Telesis Engine Services Oy (“GATES”) an exclusive 10 year contract valued at up to $500 million to provide engine repair and overhaul services for Transaero’s sixty-two (62) General Electric CF6-80C2 engines for their Boeing 767 and Boeing 747 fleets. Transaero will be GATES’ largest customer and the maintenance will be performed at the GATES MRO facilities in Helsinki, Finland.… Read more

GA Telesis Announces Asset Transactions for Q1 2013

April 2013 – Ft. Lauderdale GA Telesis announced its asset transactions for Q1 of 2013. The company acquired a Boeing 737-800, 757-200, MD83 as well as two RR Trent 884s and one CFM56-5B4/P jet engine. The company also sold or leased one Airbus A330-200, two Trent 700s, one MD11F, two CFM56-3C1’s, a CFM56-5B4/P, a CFM56-5C4, two CF6-80’s, three PW4000’s, three JT8D-200’s and four CF34 engines. GA Telesis also entered into agreements for the future delivery… Read more

Basil Papayoti Named President of GA Telesis Engine Services GATES in Helsinki Finland

Helsinki, Finland – The Board of Directors of GATES has appointed Basil Papayoti as its President. Mr. Papayoti is an industry veteran with 25 years of direct commercial airline maintenance experience. Starting his career as an Engine Scientist at McDonnell Douglas, he soon moved to Aviall Engine Services, where he held many operational program management positions. He later joined Allied Signal where he managed the ALF and CFE product lines. After he left the OEM… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Industry Veterans in Key Roles at GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES) in Helsinki Finland

Helsinki, Finland – GA Telesis Engines Services (“GATES”) has named Tommi Valtonen as Managing Director and Head of Operations and Gökhan Aydogan as Vice President of Commercial. Tommi Valtonen has over 20 years of aerospace manufacturing and MRO experience. He spent the last 15 years working for Finnair Engines Services and will be responsible for day-to-day management and oversight of all technical operations. Gökhan Aydogan has 20 years of aerospace experience having started and spent… Read more

GA Telesis Completes Acquisition of Finnair Engine Services and Commences Operations at Helsinki Vantaa Airport, Finland

Helsinki, Finland – GA Telesis LLC and Finnair have concluded their agreement whereby GA Telesis has acquired part of Finnair Engine Services (“FES”) and will employ 80 engine service professionals from Finnair’s existing workforce. The deal is comprised of the sale of assets and transfer of personnel to GA Telesis Engine Services Oy (“GATES”). GATES has simultaneously entered into a long-term lease of all of the engine maintenance and test cell facilities from Finnair. “We… Read more

GA Telesis and Air China named Mark Atkeson, General Manager of GA Innovation China (“GAIC”), a subsidiary of Air China and GA Telesis, LLC

Beijing, China – GA Telesis and Air China named Mark Atkeson, General Manager of GA Innovation China (“GAIC”), a subsidiary of Air China and GA Telesis, LLC. Effective immediately Mark will oversee the launch of the new company’s organization, operations and business in China and Asia. “Mark brings an abundance of direct knowledge and experience to GAIC,” said Abdol Moabery, CEO of GA Telesis. “His twenty years managing and investing in businesses in China, including… Read more

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