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EASA certified maintenance comes to Oklahoma
Oklahoma's Valair Aviation can now provide MRO services for hundreds of EU-registered aircraft thanks to EASA Part 145 certification.
Valair Aviation has been a certified repair station since 1998.

Valair Aviation, a full service MRO and FBO facility located at Wiley Post airport in Oklahoma City, has earned EASA Part 145 certification.

“Valair is proud to be EASA certified and provide services to all of our customers, regardless of location," states vice president of operations Mike Bowen. “Our team of qualified technicians performs MRO services for private, commercial and government customers around the world and with this new designation, also services hundreds of EU-registered aircraft.

“We are strategically looking to the future and making strides within the current state of the industry. Through our London-based equity partner, Meta Aerospace Capital, we have a direct connection to European customers, thus contributing to our maintenance service growth.”

An FAA Part 145 certified repair station since 1998, Valair is an MRO solutions provider for Beechcraft 1900s, Beechjet, Hawker and King Air, Bombardier Dash 8, Cessna Citation, Conquest and Caravan, Piper Meridian, Gulfstream G100, Westwind and Aero Commanders.

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