Press Release
Issued by Beechcraft Textron Aviation.
May 4, 2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation's (HBC) Global Customer Support (GCS) has signed an agreement with Schenker Logistics to facilitate international parts distribution in London, Dubai and Singapore. HBC has identified and assigned inventories of the most widely ordered and preferred spare parts, valued at more than $40 million, to be maintained at facilities in these three locations. The agreement is part of a multi-phase strategy aimed at improving the experience of Hawker Beechcraft owners by making factory parts more accessible internationally.
"This partnership is a major step toward our goals of providing parts support to all areas of the world while also setting the industry standard for customer support and service," said Christi Tannahill, HBC vice president, Global Customer Support. "This relationship provides for a path to expand our parts and distribution facilities worldwide as our fleet continues to grow in all areas of the world. By teaming with Schenker, we are able to offer our network of authorized service providers and our operators expedited dispatching of critical parts, real-time tracking and round-the-clock availability from a regional source. We are leveraging Schenker's world-class infrastructure to strengthen our own."