Business Aviation group purchasing organisation AVIAA has signed Brunswick Aviation Services as a new communications and IFE MRO supplier in the USA. The East Coast based FAA Part 145 certified business works across Gulfstream series, Bombardier Global family, BBJ and Dassault Falcon Jet aircraft platforms, providing IFE systems alongside avionics modifications. Its speciality installations are on the Honeywell Jet ConneX JetWave offering, delivering 15 megabits per second of seamless connectivity over the ocean.

AVIAA members are guaranteed rapid installation and customisation within two weeks. A preferred Honeywell Center of Connectivity and authorised dealer specialising in JetWave Ka-band connectivity exclusively from Inmarsat Jet ConneX, Brunswick devotes an entire team to one aircraft in the hangar at any time. The company is dedicated to cabin connectivity, internet, wi-fi, and inflight entertainment. AVIAA members will also benefit from discounts on current and popular connectivity products available today.

“We are delighted to welcome Brunswick as a valued addition to our US supplier family,” comments CEO Gillian Hayes. “It has quickly garnered an excellent reputation for efficiently integrating connected aircraft within minimal downtime to customers. For our members it offers a reliable gateway to the internet, especially as more and more operators look to add or enhance connectivity to their existing fleets. Passengers are obsessive about keeping connected when they fly, and we are pleased to engage with Brunswick and its vast experience in the sector.”

Brunswick Aviation president Per Person adds: “We recognise the great value AVIAA is delivering to its members and see this as a win-win partnership for both of us. Our ethos is that operators want equipment installed quickly. They shouldn't have to wait until a major MRO event. We are pledging two weeks for installations.”

Brunswick has performed two JetWave satellite installations, each inside two weeks, earning itself Connectivity Center of Excellence and Channel Partner recognition from Honeywell. Brunswick owns a JetWave test set, enabling it to do all the configurations and has kitted out most of the assembly in its Maine or Pennsylvania hangars to further reduce cycle time. “JetWave connectivity puts the world at your fingertips and we are excited to be on standby for AVIAA's valued customers,” adds Person.

Brunswick Aviation Services was founded in March 2017 by Person, a 40-year business aviation industry professional with extensive experience on Honeywell products. The business identifies the most current, effective technologies for its clients’ medium to large cabin business aircraft, tailored to their missions. It offers customer support, upgrades and troubleshooting at its hangar and thoughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US, and is a dealership for Honeywell Aero, as well as a designated centre of excellence; Viasat; Cobham; and Universal Avionics (Elbit Systems of America).