West Star appoints Jason Taylor as chief information officernews Yves Le Marquand 21 Jul 26 0West Star Aviation has appointed Jason Taylor as chief information Officer (CIO) to support the company’s enterprise technology strategy, data and analytics and cybersecurity priorities.… Read more
West Star promotes Jeff Messmer to support its Perryville operationsnews Yves Le Marquand 11 Jun 26 0West Star Aviation has named Jeff Messmer manager of technical sales to support the company’s operations at Perryville Regional Airport, Missouri. This September, Messmer will… Read more
West Star Aviation opens fifth satellite location in Addison, Texasnews Fayaz Hussain 4 Jun 26 0West Star Aviation has opened a new satellite location at Addison Airport in Texas, its fifth satellite and first in the Dallas area. The facility… Read more
West Star Aviation acquires DCJetnews Yves Le Marquand 3 Mar 26 0West Star Aviation has completed the acquisition of field maintenance and aircraft on ground (AOG) specialist DCJet. The transaction, details of which were not disclosed,… Read more
West Star appoints Brian Howell as chief commercial officernews Yves Le Marquand 16 Feb 26 0MRO provider West Star Aviation has appointed Brian Howell as chief commercial officer. Reporting to CEO Stephen Maiden, Howell will focus on strengthening sales and… Read more
West Star appoints William Morris as general counselnews Yves Le Marquand 9 Jan 26 0West Star Aviation has appointed William Morris (pictured below) as general counsel, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of legal experience in aviation.… Read more
West Star Aviation supporting Gogo C1 installationsnews Yves Le Marquand 25 Jun 25 0West Star Aviation is ready to support installations of Gogo’s newly certified C1 line replaceable unit (LRU). This week Gogo announced the granting of supplemental… Read more
West Star Aviation acquired by Greenbriar Equitynews Yves Le Marquand 22 May 25 0Greenbriar Equity Group has acquired MRO specialist West Star Aviation. The business aviation MRO company was previously owned by Texan private equity company The Sterling… Read more
West Star reveals plans for new hangar at Grand Junction MRO facilitynews Yves Le Marquand 2 Oct 24 0West Star Aviation is to construct a new hangar at its full-service Grand Junction (GJT) maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility. This expansion, designed in… Read more
Inaugural West Star Aviation Academy class graduatesnews Yves Le Marquand 11 Sep 24 0The first class of 23 students at West Star Aviation Academy (WSAA), launched in January by West Star Aviation in partnership with Southwestern Illinois College,… Read more
West Star Aviation provides behind-the-scenes view on Falcon 2000 cabin reconfigurationnews Yves Le Marquand 31 Jul 24 0West Star Aviation has revealed what goes into completing a Dassault Falcon 2000 cabin reconfiguration, the firm’s most requested modification for the past five years. … Read more
The very private Gama Aviationopinion Alasdair Whyte 11 Jun 24 0There is always a lot of celebration when companies float on a stock market. Marwan Khalek, CEO and co-founder, Gama Aviation is more excited about… Read more
West Star Aviation reveals new leadership structurenews Yves Le Marquand 6 Jun 24 0West Star Aviation has unveiled a new executive leadership structure following a multi-year succession planning process. Jim Rankin, who has served as CEO since 2018,… Read more
Gama Aviation sells Jet East to West Star Aviation for $131mnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Oct 23 0The Jet East stand at NBAA BACE has been a popular one. The maintenance company is giving out t-shirts and has been busy all day.… Read more
West Star Aviation repairs Challenger 601 after bird strikenews Terry Spruce 31 Aug 23 0West Star Aviation has repaired a Bombardier Challenger 601, after a bird strike grounded the aircraft at Houston, Texas (KHOU). Technicians traveller to Texas from… Read more
West Star Aviation rebrands MSP Aero as sixth satellite locationnews Terry Spruce 2 May 19 0West Star Aviation has announced that MSP Aero will be rebranded as a West Star Aviation satellite location, effective immediately. West Star Aviation acquired MSP… Read more
West Star Aviation completes new hangar at East Altonnews Terry Spruce 24 Jan 19 0January 22, 2019 – West Star Aviation has completed the construction of a new 60,000 sq. ft. hangar at its East Alton, IL location. The… Read more
West Star Aviation names Tommi Krell as director of Corporate Communicationsnews Terry Spruce 23 Jan 19 0Tommi Krell has joined West Star Aviation as Director of Corporate Communications. Krell will be responsible for managing internal employee communications channels, as well as… Read more
West Star Aviation acquires Flite Componentsnews Terry Spruce 28 Nov 18 0West Star Aviation has recently acquired Flite Components, an FAA/EASA Part 145 Repair Station. Conveniently located minutes away from Dallas Love Field airport, the company… Read more
West Star Aviation’s newly expanded Chattanooga facility celebrates operational milestonesnews Terry Spruce 22 Nov 18 0November 16, 2018 – West Star Aviation highlighted the new Paint and Maintenance Hangars at the Chattanooga facility Open House, November 7, 2018, attended by… Read more
