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FAI Asset Management
GmbH, a member of the Nuremberg,
Germany-headquartered FAI Aviation Group, has
completed a brand new 4800 m2 carbon neutral
maintenance hangar, known as Hangar 8, at Albrecht
Dürer Airport (NUE) in Nuremberg, Germany.
The new hangar
represents an investment of €7m and has created at
least 10 new local engineering jobs, plus a number
of other support positions.
The facility,
which took just eight months to complete, was
designed by FAI Chairman and Founder
Siegfried Axtmann
and mirrors the existing FAI properties in style. It
was built by German contractor Maisel Bau, which
also built FAI’s Hangar 7.
The hangar’s
carbon neutral status was achieved by purchasing
carbon credits from the European Union Emissions
Trading System. These credits are being used to
support worthwhile projects around the world to
neutralise greenhouse gas emissions. This latest
development will complement FAI’s existing Hangars 6
and 7, both of which are certified carbon neutral
and will continue to serve base maintenance needs.
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FAI's new
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The new Hangar 8
provides a modern and convenient aircraft space for
FAI’s Nuremberg-based customers. It comprises 4500
m2 of hangar space and 300 m2 dedicated to office
space. FAI Technik, the in-house maintenance
division of FAI Group will use the new space to
provide line maintenance work across a range of
aircraft, including its own fleet. Significantly,
the new hangar will also be used for aircraft
storage to meet the growing demand for hangar space
in Europe. The hangar is capable of storing up to
three Airbus A320 or five Bombardier Global Express
aircraft.
Siegfried Axtmann
commented: “We are delighted to complete our new
carbon neutral Hangar 8 development on time and on
schedule. We are also pleased to be bolstering our
60-strong engineering team with new local jobs in
Nuremberg. Our growing team will maintain our own
fleet as well as the privately-owned aircraft we
manage. The team will also support our expansion
into the aircraft storage market. With the number of
aircraft for sale in Europe increasing, there is a
need for air-conditioned hangar space to keep them
in mint condition before a sale takes place. We hope
our new hangar will help to meet that need.”
FAI’s facility
also incorporates administration offices, a fully
serviced FBO, FAI’s 24/7 Air Ambulance Operation
Centre, component shops and training facilities for
FAI staff.
Fleet expansion continues
with addition of Global Express XRS and Challenger
604
In further news,
FAI rent-a-jet Aktiengesellschaft (dba Flight
Ambulance Intl.) has announced further expansion of
its fleet with the addition of a fourth Bombardier
Global Express and sixth Bombardier Challenger 604.
This bolsters FAI’s total fleet to 24 jet aircraft
and further underlines FAI’s position as Germany’s
largest general aviation operator.
The Global Express
XRS is being operated under Part-NCC (Non-Commercial
Operations) rules on the San Marino aircraft
registry on behalf of a corporate client. The
Challenger 604 will also be operated under Part-NCC
rules under the Cayman Islands registry. Both
aircraft will join the fleet on June 1st.
The aircraft will be based at the company’s
headquarters in Nuremberg and will be maintained by
FAI’s MRO subsidiary, FAI Technik.
The company has
taken a leading position in the German Business
Aviation sector utilizing in excess of 13,000 hours
of airtime in 2016. Siegfried Axtmann commented,
“I’m delighted to welcome these two excellent
performing aircraft into our fleet and equally
delighted to maintain our position as the largest
business jet operator in Germany for the second year
in succession. Our primary goal is to continue to be
one of the most profitable business jet operators in
Europe and so far this year it is looking like we
will achieve this yet again.”
FAI is a niche
operator specialized in worldwide patient transport
by air ambulance, as well logistic flight support
for NGOs in hostile areas. All of the aircraft are
based at the company’s home base of Albrecht Dürer
Airport in Nuremberg, Germany and maintained by FAI
Technik. The additional aircraft also serve to
strengthen the company’s position as one of Europe’s
largest Bombardier operators, which brings
significant operational and cost benefits.
The FAI fleet
comprises four Global Express, six Challenger 604,
11 Learjet 60, two Learjet 55, one Premier 1A and a
King Air 350.
FAI will be exhibiting at the European Business
Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) May
22-24th in Geneva, Switzerland on the Avinode Booth
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