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GA Telesis MRO Services Group Announces Addition of a New Radome Testing Facility

August 31, 2021 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC, (“Company”), the pioneering leader in integrated aviation services, announces its MRO Services Group has introduced a transmissivity test cell for repairing and overhauling aircraft radomes. The radome maintenance will be performed at the FAA and EASA-approved composite and aerostructures repair facility near Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. This new test cell is capable of testing a wide range of OEM platforms accommodating all Airbus, Boeing,… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Fred Sontag as Vice President Sales, Americas

March 11, 2021 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces that Fred Sontag has been named as Vice President Sales, Americas for the Flight Solutions Group (FSG). In the role, Fred will oversee all sales responsibilities, including USM material, Tooling/GSE, OEM parts distribution, and Logistics services in the Americas region. Sontag joined GAT in December 2020 with a wealth of experience in various sales, support, and business development roles over the span… Read more

Repair Management – Relevance and Significance / by Meghan Burgan

Aircraft all around the world move equipment and medicine to those in need, and they move frontline workers and family members to take care of each other. GA Telesis took the immediate initiative to keep the world moving and did not miss a beat in multiple respects. Our management team swiftly took action to keep our worldwide staff safe to continue meeting our customer’s needs. As each global office took different approaches to keep our… Read more

Driving Down the Weight of Inventory on Balance Sheets with New Lease and Repair Management Programs / by Nigel Christie

When I started my commercial aviation career 38 years ago, I could never have imagined a global crisis impacting the airline industry in the way that the COVID-19 pandemic has. Now, more than ever, GA Telesis knows it must shift focus on partnering with its airline, OEM, and MRO partners. As we start to see small shoots of recovery, there is no doubt that all airlines’ financial impact will be deep and long. Unfortunately, this… Read more

Moving and Shaking the Industry through Engineering / by Fabian Robinson

As the world continues to reshape itself while combating COVID-19, everyone is looking to distinguish between the optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the solution to recovering our industry after this pandemic. One thing that connects both viewpoints is that everyone is anxious to restore their sense of equilibrium and normalcy; for the GA Telesis family, we believe that the safest, swiftest, and most effortless ways of achieving this is through Engineering. Engineering makes an important… Read more

Benefits of OEM Parts / by Devin Adderley

The benefits of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) replacement parts have changed drastically over the past few years. The increase in 3D printing, Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) parts, and other alternatives have created new replacement part options. To better understand the OEM versus PMA market today, a short history lesson is in order. Yesterday In the past, OEMs did not pay much attention to the replacement parts market. They designed, manufactured, and held the IP for… Read more

Inventory and Asset Management Using GA Telesis’ Adaptability and Global Reach / By Dave Dicken

Inventory management places one of the largest burdens on the aviation industry. Specifically, holding a robust spare parts inventory is a major facet in fleet reliability, but also in keeping the aircraft as technologically current as possible. As airlines progress towards fleet renewals, they look to modern technology to bring new life to their operations, through technology, cost savings, and passenger experiences. However, the fleet transition is often disconnected from the elements of the operation… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Frederic Denise Senior Vice President Strategy & Corporate Development

Fort Lauderdale, Florida – June 25, 2018 – GA Telesis, a leader in commercial aerospace, has announced Frederic Denise as its SVP Strategy and Corporate Development. Denise will collaborate with GA Telesis’s CEO, Division Presidents and Staff Executives on further developing the GA Telesis Ecosystem. In addition, Denise is responsible for the growth of global business strategy, partner and customer relationships, mergers and acquisitions, after market solutions for OEMS, and participating in customer engagement opportunities. Denise,… Read more

GA Telesis Announces Another $1 Billion of Funding Capacity to Support its Expanding Inventory Leasing Business

August 2, 2017 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis announced today the launch of a specialty finance unit, Structured Credit Products (SCP) to focus on structured financial solutions for airline, MRO, and OEM customers. The initial focus strategy will be inventory leasing. Going forward SCP will explore other aviation finance products including originated secured lending, trading in public and private debt, and investments in other aviation related financial instruments. SCP will be led by… Read more