Shreveport, Louisiana-headquartered helicopter completion services provider Metro Aviation is growing its list of capabilities with the creation of Metro Gulf, a division that adds fixed wing aircraft to the company's extensive list of completion services.

Metro Gulf holds its own established Part 145 certificate and will provide maintenance, repair, and avionics services to Metro's existing fixed wing and rotor wing fleet, as well as to external customers. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Metro Gulf provides software and equipment upgrades, inspections and engineering, avionics support, full airframe rewiring, structural modifications, paint services and more.

“We are excited to expand our capabilities and geography,” says Metro COO Kenny Morrow. “We are honoured to welcome Joey Calandra and his team, formerly of Avionics Solutions, to the Metro family.”

Metro Aviation now has three MRO facilities: PAC International in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania; its own headquarters in Shreveport, Louisiana; and Metro Gulf in Lafayette, Louisiana.

“Having worked closely with Metro Aviation for many years, our team is proud to now become part of the Metro family,” says Metro Gulf director of maintenance Joey Calandra. “We look forward to utilising the talents of our seasoned workforce to contribute to Metro's customer-centric completion efforts through this expansion.”