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www.avm-mag.com Wynn Elliott Owner Elliott Aviation BIZAV
In your opinion, what is the state of the aviation maintenance industry? From our perspective, the aviation maintenance industry is strong. Flying is steady and sales on the types of jets we work on from an MRO perspective have been steadily increasing since 2009 giving way to more pre buy opportunities. We are also finding that owners are less reluctant than a few years ago to refurbish their aircraft with new paint, interior, avionics, Wifi and cabin entertainment. What were the biggest developments for your company in 2012? In 2012, Elliott Aviation saw a significant increase in the number of major aircraft inspections. In addition to the number of major inspections, we experienced significant job growth at our headquarters in Moline, IL. In fact, since January 1st, 2011, we have created 58 new positions effectively doubling our aircraft maintenance personnel. Another big development has been in our accessory shop that was created the summer of 2011. Since opening, we have completed about 35 complete landing gear overhauls, over 100 wheels and over 100 brakes. What are the biggest changes you have seen in the MRO industry in the last several years? The largest challenge facing the MRO industry is the shortage of technicians. This has been a struggle for most companies over the last several years and has the potential to continue to be a problem.
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What did your company do in 2012 to adapt to changes in the market? 2012 brought a couple of adaptations to our business. We invested a significant amount of time and capital in tooling and training our technicians to work on different types of airframes to diversify our maintenance capabilities. Also, due to our flat-panel retrofit success with Garmin, we created a new Aftermarket Avionics division where aircraft operators can get serviceable equipment quickly, often for substantially less money than it would cost to repair existing systems. What are the trends, big or small, you are beginning to see in the MRO business? Parts obsolescence is going to drive avionics sales. In short order, CRTs are going to be obsolete and as thousands of aircraft are currently flying with CRTs as their primary flight display, if the display quits working and they do not have a replacement, their aircraft will be grounded.
How is your company leveraging partnerships and alliances for success? We take a joint-venture type of approach with all of our industry partners including OEMs and our vendors. This is a relationship business and we cannot afford to work in silos. Conversely, we must continually work with each other to drive innovation in the aviation community. For more of Wynn Elliott’s answers go to
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