Press Release
Issued by Raisbeck Engineering.
April 29, 2009
European aviation companies PremiAir, FR Aviation and Beechcraft Berlin are the newest additions to the network of Raisbeck Authorized King Air Dealers. They will help facilitate the growing demand from European operators for Raisbeck Performance Systems. Raisbeck reported that the European market contributed to nearly 60 percent of first quarter sales, and the recent new dealer appointments were made to strengthen Raisbeck's European presence.
In early 2008, Raisbeck began an integrated sales and marketing campaign targeting the European market as part of its international focus. Representatives from Raisbeck have been personally visiting numerous potential dealer facilities and FBOs in Europe to assess their capabilities of becoming Authorized Raisbeck King Air Dealers and serving as Raisbeck footprints in the region.
Bobby Patton, Raisbeck's Director of Dealer Development, commented "Our international market has nearly tripled in the last 12 months, and our attention has been focused on the development and education of existing and newly appointed Raisbeck Authorized Dealers in Europe. We are confident that the market will continue to grow as we enter the second quarter."
PremiAir is the UK's premier aviation services company. On top of providing luxury helicopter charter and helicopter hire services for both business and leisure markets across the UK, it also is a Hawker Beechcraft Authorized Service Center for all Beechcraft aircraft and one of the leading providers of Beechcraft maintenance and support services in Europe - winning the 'Buying Business Travel Diamond Award' four years in a row. As well as being one of the best Beechcraft service centers in the UK, PremiAir sells spare parts for Beechcraft aircraft; now adding Raisbeck performance packages to its sales list.
"As a Hawker Beechcraft Authorized Service Centre we're very pleased to be awarded our Raisbeck Dealership," said Bob Burley, PremiAir's Business Development Manager. "We enjoy a special relationship with many of the industry's manufactures and we fully expect Raisbeck's phenomenal range of products to be soon enjoyed by our current and future customers."
FR Aviation, owned by Cobham Aviation Services, is engaged in the development, delivery and support of leading edge aerospace and defense systems in the air, on land and at sea. FR Aviation specializes in air traffic management, aviation platform modification and fleet embodiment, electronic warfare training, flight trials equipment/flight test aircraft, mission rehearsal, on-site aviation technical services, target towing and threat simulation. On top of all those services, FR Aviation will begin to start selling Raisbeck performance packages.
Cobham Aviation Services is delighted to be appointed as a Raisbeck Authorized King Air Dealer.
"This appointment complements our existing EASA and FAA maintenance and modification capabilities and our status as a King Air Authorized Service Centre for the Hawker Beechcraft Corporation," commented Mike Davies, Director of Aerospace Engineering.
"In addition to offering our maintenance and modification services to King Air Owners/Operators we also look after the 7 King Air aircraft operated by Cobham Flight Inspection some of which have the benefit of Raisbeck modifications which enables our aircraft to operate effectively in their demanding environment. We look forward to a long and fruitful association with Raisbeck Engineering."
Beechcraft Berlin has been providing Hawker Beechcraft services since 1991. Since then Beechcraft Berlin has acted as a representative for Hawker Beechcraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA in Berlin and the former East German states. Also, since November 2006 Beechcraft Berlin Aviation GmbH has been approved as EASA Part 21 Design Organization and FAA Repair Station. In December 2008 Beechcraft Berlin obtained the EASA CAMO (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization) Approval.
