Flying Colours expands and moves into corporate shuttle conversions

Flying Colours, a Canadian aircraft completions specialist, has achieved the AS9100 certificate for quality and safety management for the aerospace industry.

The company has expanded its CRJ conversion programme beyond executive aircraft. It is now a third of the way through an extensive schedule, which will see eight CRJ 200 regional airliners converted into sixteen seat Executive Shuttle configuration for an undisclosed client.

“We continually look at options to develop our client offering that fits within our capabilities but that also broadens our experience. Working with these shuttle conversions has been an excellent new challenge and we are now looking at a growing number of opportunities in this sector,” said Sean Gillespie VP Flying Colours.

Flying Colours will begin an infrastructure expansion project this June, with an investment of over $2.5 million dollars the initial phase will see the addition of 20,000 square feet added to the third hangar at the Peterborough facility.

Further development will continue over the next two years to expand the overall facility.

Flying Colours has appointed Gabor Hasko as director of programme management within the completions division and will focus initially on the recently awarded Bombardier contract that will see Flying Colours undertake the interior modification of seven CRJ700 NextGen aircraft for an undisclosed Chinese customer.

Rene Lalumiere has been appointed to director of avionics to support the growth of the avionics division.

Flying Colours and sister company JetCorp Technical Services will be exhibiting at EBACE in Geneva next week.  

“With our Bombardier ASF status and growing interest from European operators and owners in our services, EBACE 2013 will be more important than ever and we are looking forward to this year’s show. With our growing relationships with European operators such as FairJets we value the potential in the region,” said Sean Gillespie VP, Flying Colours.