Jet Aviation St Louis will become Gulfstream St Louis

Jet Aviation St Louis

Jet Aviation St Louis will become Gulfstream St Louis after Gulfstream assumes responsibility for Jet Aviation’s maintenance operations at St Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Illinois.

Jet Aviation will continue to fulfil its obligation to current maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and completions customers through the transition, which will start later this year and finish in 2018.

“Having a Gulfstream MRO facility in St Louis reflects Gulfstream’s commitment to providing customers with first-class support throughout their ownership experience.”

Derek Zimmerman, president, Gulfstream Product Support, said: “Having a Gulfstream MRO facility in St Louis reflects Gulfstream’s commitment to providing customers with first-class support throughout their ownership experience. The facility will complement our network of eight company-owned service centres in the United States and provide additional maintenance and service capacity for the growing Gulfstream fleet and service business.”

David Paddock, senior vice president and general manager of Jet Aviation Regional Operations USA, added: “The St Louis facility, which is already part of the General Dynamics family, is ideally situated for providing Gulfstream operators with a regional maintenance resource. The transition addresses our excess maintenance capacity in St Louis while helping Gulfstream provide additional support for their customers.

“With 12 locations in North America, we are focused on expanding our footprint and providing Jet Aviation’s customers with value-added flight services, including fixed-base operator (FBO), aircraft management, charter and staffing. Jet Aviation will continue to provide MRO services in Burbank, California, to support the growing West Coast-managed fleet and also continue to operate the FBO at St Louis Downtown Airport.”

Gulfstream St Louis will be overseen by general manager Vince Ruscitti.