“New technologies improve our efficiencies and lower your costs,” Able Aerospace General Manager Michael Vercio tells customers. “We recognize you face a tough business climate every day you go to work. I want you to know that hundreds of Able employees come to work every day ready to tackle those challenges with you.”
Able leaders see huge growth opportunities in the rotor-wing and commercial
fixed-wing businesses, Vercio said.
“We’re just now really gaining our footing on some of the new and bigger markets we’re going to get into,” he said. “That includes our latest benchmark – the modification, upgrade and sale of our first-ever Boeing 737NG landing gear sets.”
Between both rotor-wing and fixed- wing, the company offers more than 10,000 FAA-approved, out-of-scope, and proprietary repairs for civilian and military operators in more than 60 countries. It’s not unusual for customers to get component changes overnight and see their aircraft back to work the next day. This is, in part, because Able offers a wide variety of advanced exchanges. It is also the result of Able’s global network, which allows the company to pre-position assets in markets across the globe so they are nearby and ready to support customers’ maintenance needs.
Able’s ability to work with well-known OEMs including Airbus, Leonardo, Sikorsky, and Boeing (Able is the world’s leading resource for anything on the wing of a Boeing 747 and has the world’s largest exchange inventory for the Bell 407) means that it is often a one-stop shop for mixed fleets. In the process of serving such a wide client base, Able’s technical staff has developed more than 8,000 proprietary repairs for a huge variety of components available for installation on Bell, Sikorsky, Airbus, and McDonnell-Douglas aircraft. In the last
The backing of its parent company, Textron Aviation, brings plenty of business too. A leading general aviation authority, Textron Aviation is home to the Beechcraft, Cessna, and Hawker brands that account for more than half of all GA planes in the air. Bell also falls under the Textron umbrella.
Its newly expanded facility allows Able to grow into new products and services such as aftermarket support for large- scale rotor-wing and commercial fixed- wing components, including Boeing 737 landing gear and larger military aircraft components for platforms such as the V-22 Osprey and other oversized helicopters.
“They are an exceptional business leader in aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul for both military and civilian aircraft, and it has been exciting to watch their number of high-quality jobs grow since moving to the Gateway area in 2013,” Mesa Mayor John Giles said during Able’s September grand opening ceremony for the expansion.
Because of the expansion, Able plans to hire as many as 100 new employees over the next two years to fill jobs including licensed airframe and powerplant (A&P) mechanics; machinists; plating and paint specialists; and positions in engineering, sales, and supply chain. The company already employs more than 450 people.
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five years alone, this specialized service has saved operator clients more than $400 million.
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