Gulfstream expande suporte para operadoras na Ásia-Pacífico
Gulfstream Aerospace continues to add product support resources for operators in Asia Pacific, the U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer announced on Monday at ABACE 2017. This region accounts for the company’s “largest and fastest-growing international fleet,” it said.
“Our Asia Pacific fleet grew by 25 aircraft in 2016 and is now well over 300 [aircraft],” said Gulfstream product support president Derek Zimmerman. “Strong customer response to our aircraft over the past several years in the region, especially Greater China, has resulted in us building a significant support presence there, which we enhance and supplement whenever possible. We are committed to providing our customers with first-class support throughout their Gulfstream ownership experience.”
Of the 314 Gulfstream aircraft in the Asia Pacific region, more than 180 are based in Greater China. The company has thus strengthened its depth of customer support in the area, doubling the number of field service representatives (FSRs) in Hong Kong from two to four. Gulfstream also has two FSRs in China and one each in Japan, Singapore, Australia and India.
“The additional FSRs give operators easy local access to our growing network,” Zimmerman said. “Their technical expertise complements our strategically located presence in the region and is a resource that can be called upon 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
At Gulfstream Beijing, technicians have serviced more than 600 jets in the facility’s more than four years of operation at Beijing Capital International Airport. Earlier this year, Gulfstream Beijing was certified as an authorized maintenance organization by the Cayman Islands. The facility is also authorized to work on most Gulfstreams registered in the U.S., China, Macau and Hong Kong.
To support its growing fleet in Asia Pacific, Gulfstream (Chalet 2) maintains nearly $55 million of “strategically placed” spare parts inventory in Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Melbourne, Australia.
Fonte: AINonline 11/04/2017
