StandardAero has recently inducted the first five PT6A-68 engines at its Summerside facility on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The company has provided full service support for the PT6A-68 since 2013, but is now in the process of transferring this support, as well as PW100 MRO activity, from Winnipeg to the Summerside facility. Summerside is its Centre of Excellence (COE) for turboprop engine MRO on two engine programmes.

The Winnipeg facility has, in turn, become StandardAero's centre for all helicopter engine MRO services, while also continuing to expand its support of the CFM International CFM56-7B and GE Aviation CF34-3/-8 turbofans.

The Summerside facility is in the process of expanding its shop floor area by 30 per cent to 130,000 sq ft while simultaneously hiring 80 more employees. Phase one of its expansion is now complete, with phase two expected to be wrapped up by the end of the year. PT6A COE activity has seen the Summerside facility add approximately 150 new customers to its operator base.

The Winnipeg facility continues to provide full PT6A service centre support, up to and including hot section inspections. StandardAero also retains three additional PT6A designated overhaul facilities in Brisbane, Australia; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Gonesse, France. These overhaul locations are supported by PT6A service centres in Calgary and Winnipeg, Canada; Atlanta, Dallas and Pittsburgh, USA; Bournemouth, UK; Tilburg, Netherlands; and Nairobi, Kenya. In addition, Gonesse remains a major PW100 overhaul location for customers worldwide, supported by PW100 service centre locations in Brisbane, Bournemouth, Calgary, Dallas, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Tilburg.

“The on-schedule expansion of our Summerside turboprop engine MRO COE demonstrates our continued commitment to our civil, governmental and military operator base,” says airline and fleets business unit president Peter Turner. "The induction of the first PT6A-68 trainer engines is a further indication of the progress made by the Summerside team as it further expands its support of the global PT6A operator community."