Aviation

GA Telesis Announces Rebranding of its Component & Composite Repair Business Units under a single Group Named GA Telesis MRO Services

GA Telesis Announces Rebranding of its Component & Composite Repair Business Units under a single Group Named GA Telesis MRO Services

January 10, 2018 – Miami & Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC has consolidated the branding of its aircraft component and composite repair business units under a single group named MRO Services. Under the leadership of Pastor Lopez, President of MRO Services, the strategy will be to ensure that the MRO business units can react quicker to customer demands and market shifts as well as ensuring consistency in the customer experience. The brand marketing… Read more

The Power of Passion / By Jason Reed

The Power of Passion / By Jason Reed

Over the last 19 years, I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the most talented and professional people in the aviation industry. They come from all ranks such as visionary leaders, office personnel, warehouse staff, and legends in the industry. Through all of the trips to the office, travels to meet with customers, and meetings at conferences, I am never short of awe as to the talent and hard work that people… Read more

GA Telesis Launches Leveraged Finance Group with the Appointments of David Lloyd and Nolan Heske

GA Telesis Launches Leveraged Finance Group with the Appointments of David Lloyd and Nolan Heske

December 11, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the launch of its Leveraged Finance Group (“LFG”) to provide secured aircraft financing for lessors, investors, and airlines.  GAT has appointed David Lloyd and Nolan Heske as Managing Directors of LFG to pursue the development, execution and growth of this strategy. The LFG management team has over 35 years of combined experience in the aircraft and transportation finance sector.  Prior to joining GAT,… Read more

Meeting with Mr. Green / By Abdol Moabery

Meeting with Mr. Green / By Abdol Moabery

I was just asked an interesting question. Hopefully, after reading below you will decipher what the question was. It was Friday, May 10, 1996, payday. I remember the day vividly. After spending the previous few weekends rummaging through pawn shops for a set of good cheap golf clubs to learn the game, I realized that fate was not on my side. Remember, for all intents and purposes, these were pre-internet shopping days and the thought of buying… Read more

How Disney Made My Experience Magical / By Pastor Lopez

How Disney Made My Experience Magical / By Pastor Lopez

The Disney Company believes customers will tell others about their experiences at the Disney parks when Disney’s “cast members” exceed customer expectations. If Disney only meets expectations, customers will not have a story to tell. So, here I am to tell you about one of my “wow moments” a few years ago at Disney when more than one of their cast members went above and beyond. It was just past midnight, on a warm Sunday,… Read more

GA Telesis Announces the Purchase and Leaseback of  Six Embraer E170 Aircraft with Republic Airline

GA Telesis Announces the Purchase and Leaseback of Six Embraer E170 Aircraft with Republic Airline

October 19, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) announces the completion of a purchase and leaseback transaction of six Embraer E170 aircraft with Republic Airline (“Republic”). GAT completed the acquisition of six Embraer E170 aircraft from Republic Airline earlier this month.  Simultaneous with the purchase, the aircraft were placed on long term leases with Republic.  The aircraft will be operated by Republic under a long term fixed fee capacity purchase agreement.  This… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Kevin Ford, Director of Business Development for Asia-Pacific Region

GA Telesis Appoints Kevin Ford, Director of Business Development for Asia-Pacific Region

October 16, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Kevin Ford as Director of Business Development for the Asia-Pacific Region. Kevin brings more than 30 years of experience in fleet management, managerial and technical operations, aviation consulting, as well as, senior roles in service quality and team development. Mr. Ford joins GA Telesis from Air New Zealand, having served as Aircraft Leasing and Trading Manager since 2006. Prior to… Read more

GA Telesis and Czech Airlines Technics Sign Letter of Intent to Form Partnership

GA Telesis and Czech Airlines Technics Sign Letter of Intent to Form Partnership

October 4, 2017 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Prague, Czech Republic  GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis”) and Czech Airlines Technics (“CSAT”) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to form an integrated supply chain partnership to support GA Telesis’ new ATR fleet iGEAR support service. With today’s announcement, GA Telesis will begin providing ATR fleet operators with an integrated flight hour support program with CSAT providing repair and consignment pooling in… Read more

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

The airline and aviation industry is evolving — and rapidly. Far are we from the days of the 8-10 year repetitive cycle that caused sector-wide devastation. If we look back at the last 30 years, the industry down-cycles have been brought forth by events such as regional and global recessions, oil price spikes, terrorism, disease epidemic and of course airline labor issues. Today, I sat through an aviation investment panel with six industry experts and my… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Dave Dicken as Vice President of Airframe Solutions Group

GA Telesis Appoints Dave Dicken as Vice President of Airframe Solutions Group

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – August 15, 2017 – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Dave Dicken as Vice President of its Airframe Solutions Group (“ASG”).  ASG is the 2nd largest operating unit within the company’s Component Solutions Group (“CSG”) and has oversight of all global airframe component offerings.  Dave, who previously served as GAT’s Director of Strategic Sourcing, will now be responsible for supporting the airframe component sales and operations teams in the Americas,… Read more