Press Release
Issued by Magnetic Creative.
July 7, 2009
MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists, the UK's leading aircraft interior refurbishment and manufacturing company, has completed the refurbishment of the second of three Falcon 20 aircraft for Egypt Air. The first aircraft was completed at the end of 2008 and the third commenced refurbishment at the end of May 2009.
The latest Falcon 20 was completely refurbished throughout by MAC and Egypt Air - Maintenance and Engineering. The woodwork, including the Galley and pull out tables, were all re-veneered with Burr walnut, the cabin seats were re-styled and fitted with new foams and premium quality leather upholstery. The gold throughout the aircraft was stripped re-polished and re-plated and new composite structure was designed manufactured and approved where required. All of the installation work was achieved at the premises of Egypt Air in Cairo. The timeframe provided for MAC to complete their part in the manufacturing and refurbishment work was 6 weeks.
Stephen Whittaker, Managing Director for MAC Interiors explains how MAC rose to the challenge to complete the aircraft in a limited timescale, "This project enabled us to transfer understanding to Egypt Air about our extensive approvals processes, it allowed us to demonstrate the extremely high quality of our manufacturing and design capability, as well as our speed and efficiency. The programme has been a challenge for both MAC and Egypt Air, for not only did we refurbish the aircraft interior components, we also fitted the interior at Egypt Air's own facility and trained their team on how to fit and care for the new interiors. This will enable the airline to save massive costs on maintaining the aircraft in future. Due to the outstanding skills demonstrated during the refurbishment of these first two Falcon aircraft, we now have an all encompassing Memorandum of Understanding with Egypt Air meaning that we will be partnering with them on many other projects in the future. This is an exciting opportunity for MAC."
