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GA Telesis MRO Services Group Announces Landing Gear Certification from the FAA

GA Telesis MRO Services Group Announces Landing Gear Certification from the FAA

May 14, 2019 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis (the “Company”), the pioneering leader in integrated aviation services, announced its MRO Services Group received its landing gear rating from the United States Federal Aviation Administration. This new rating allows the Company to provide their customers additional maintenance services with the same high level of quality and customer service. During the certification process, the Company successfully demonstrated its competency and stringent quality controls to produce a… Read more

Aircraft Valuations: What’s the Secret Sauce? / By Marc Cho

Aircraft Valuations: What’s the Secret Sauce? / By Marc Cho

During an interview for a summer internship before my senior year at college, an investment banker asked me to sum up investment banking in one word. As a naive and uninformed undergrad, I didn’t have a good answer so I replied, “finance.” He told me the better answer was, “value”. He said the goal of any investment banker was to determine value – of a company, an asset, a contract, and anything else that can… Read more

GA Telesis, Tokyo Century Corporation and All Nippon Airways Trading Company form Gateway Engine Leasing JV to Focus on Global Long-Term Jet Engine Leasing Demand

GA Telesis, Tokyo Century Corporation and All Nippon Airways Trading Company form Gateway Engine Leasing JV to Focus on Global Long-Term Jet Engine Leasing Demand

December 17, 2018 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis” or “the Company”) announced that together with its shareholders Tokyo Century Corporation (“Tokyo Century”) and ANA Trading Corp., U.S.A, a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways Trading Company (“ANATC”) have formed Gateway Engine Leasing, LLC (“Gateway”) to capitalize on the rising demand from airlines worldwide for long-term jet engine leases. Initially headquartered out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Gateway has plans to rapidly expand to… Read more

Follow Your Passion / By Mark Luginbill

Follow Your Passion / By Mark Luginbill

There is the saying, “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”  It sounds a lot like me because I feel blessed to have worked my entire career in the most exciting industry I can think of – aviation. As I reflect on my professional journey, I think of all the big and small influences that led me down this path. Growing up in a small Midwest town,… Read more

GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A330-200 Aircraft

GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A330-200 Aircraft

November 29, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC announced the acquisition of an Airbus A330-200 (MSN 255) for disassembly and support of its increase in demand for inventory. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and US-based distribution facilities. The inventory will be used in support of the GA Telesis’ iGEAR, SNAP and ACCESS programs as well as day-to-day sales… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Eric Dollman, Vice President of Leveraged Finance Group

GA Telesis Appoints Eric Dollman, Vice President of Leveraged Finance Group

November 15, 2018– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Eric Dollman as Vice President of its Leveraged Finance Group. Eric Dollman brings nearly 20 years of experience in the transportation finance and leasing sector to GAT.   Dollman joins GA Telesis from Amur Capital Management, where he led the fixed and rotary-wing aircraft business for over four years.  His previous positions include American Express Co., where he led the global… Read more

GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A319-100 Aircraft

GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A319-100 Aircraft

October 30, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC announced the acquisition of an Airbus A319-100 (MSN 1541) equipped with CFM56-5B engines. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and US-based distribution facilities.  The inventory will be used in support of GA Telesis’ iGEAR, SNAP and ACCESS programs as well as day-to-day sales requirements of the company’s airline and MRO repair… Read more

Fostering Curiosity / By Dave Dicken

Fostering Curiosity / By Dave Dicken

At GA Telesis we live by the five “W”s and one “H”; who, what, when, where, why, and how. It all starts when we were children and there was nothing more natural than challenging our parents with these questions. In many cases, these questions would be met with impatience and frustration. As kids, how many conversations did we have, that started with “But why?” and ended with “Because I said so.” or, “Curiosity killed the… Read more

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

While flying home from a business trip a few days ago, I ran into a few industry colleagues which led me to think about the vast amount of aviation companies based in the state of Florida. Then I wondered about the level of the aviation industry’s impact on the state of Florida’s commercial and industrial infrastructure. After a little research, I learned that the aviation and aerospace industry has long been a key driver of… Read more

GA Telesis Adds Government Support to the Component Solutions Group Portfolio

GA Telesis Adds Government Support to the Component Solutions Group Portfolio

January 16, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) has announced the addition of its newest support team, the Government Solutions Group (“GSG”), to begin supporting all U.S. Government procurement activities. The GSG team will begin offering various aviation and non-aviation based materials to multiple agencies including the Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) and Foreign Military Sales (“FMS”). The team will be led by military sales veteran, Lee Levinstein. “Coupling my defense contracts… Read more