Constant Aviation, one of the largest MROs in the United States, has identified high growth opportunity segments, and is refocusing its business in the coming weeks to remain competitive.

The company's research shows a trend in greater demand for heavy maintenance inspections, partially due to the industry wide maturation of the Challenger aircraft. The company is well positioned to handle the 7,500-hour cycle inspections of that aircraft and other heavy maintenance out of its Cleveland, Ohio facility. In addition, these areas of opportunity include paint and refurbishment, which Constant Aviation currently handles out of its Sanford, Florida facility. With these changes in business focus, the Mesa, Arizona facility has been idled and all Mesa employees have been offered comparable job opportunities at other Constant Aviation facilities or at sister company Flexjet.

In addition, the company has named David Davies as CEO. Most recently serving as COO at Flexjet, Davies will use his more than 20 years of experience in the private aviation industry to prepare the company for its next phase of innovation.

“Having concluded a deep analysis of the future of MROs, we are putting into place a business strategy to adapt to the changing needs of our current and future customers,” says Davies. “With growth in the AOG mobile teams and our refurbishment business, we have decided to redirect our efforts toward Sanford and Cleveland. However, we intend to look at reopening Mesa in the future.”

Due to a record number of aircraft deliveries at sister company Flexjet, there is a recruitment programme in place to bring in dozens of maintenance technicians to the more than 20 year FAA Diamond Award winning in-house maintenance team. Constant Aviation aircraft maintenance technicians from the Mesa, Arizona facility, who are certified in relevant Flexjet aircraft, have been invited to join the Flexjet team where appropriate.

“As new aircraft come off the production line with greater efficiencies in their design, we are seeing maintenance intervals for aircraft expanding. MROs will need to increase the speed and accuracy of their maintenance services along with encouraging proactive maintenance to minimise downtime and ensure the latest aviation technology is in place. The changes that we are making will position Constant Aviation to flourish,” Davies continues.

Before joining Flexjet, Davies was COO at OneSky Flight and chief information officer at Nextant Aerospace and Flight Options.