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GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A319-100 Aircraft

GA Telesis Component Solutions Group (CSG) Announces Acquisition and Disassembly of an Airbus A319-100 Aircraft

October 30, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC announced the acquisition of an Airbus A319-100 (MSN 1541) equipped with CFM56-5B engines. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and US-based distribution facilities.  The inventory will be used in support of GA Telesis’ iGEAR, SNAP and ACCESS programs as well as day-to-day sales requirements of the company’s airline and MRO repair… Read more

Fostering Curiosity / By Dave Dicken

Fostering Curiosity / By Dave Dicken

At GA Telesis we live by the five “W”s and one “H”; who, what, when, where, why, and how. It all starts when we were children and there was nothing more natural than challenging our parents with these questions. In many cases, these questions would be met with impatience and frustration. As kids, how many conversations did we have, that started with “But why?” and ended with “Because I said so.” or, “Curiosity killed the… Read more

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

While flying home from a business trip a few days ago, I ran into a few industry colleagues which led me to think about the vast amount of aviation companies based in the state of Florida. Then I wondered about the level of the aviation industry’s impact on the state of Florida’s commercial and industrial infrastructure. After a little research, I learned that the aviation and aerospace industry has long been a key driver of… Read more

GA Telesis Adds Government Support to the Component Solutions Group Portfolio

GA Telesis Adds Government Support to the Component Solutions Group Portfolio

January 16, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) has announced the addition of its newest support team, the Government Solutions Group (“GSG”), to begin supporting all U.S. Government procurement activities. The GSG team will begin offering various aviation and non-aviation based materials to multiple agencies including the Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) and Foreign Military Sales (“FMS”). The team will be led by military sales veteran, Lee Levinstein. “Coupling my defense contracts… Read more

GA Telesis MRO Services Sign Long–Term Repair and Overhaul License Agreement and Parts Supply Agreement with Honeywell

GA Telesis MRO Services Sign Long–Term Repair and Overhaul License Agreement and Parts Supply Agreement with Honeywell

January 11, 2018 – Miami, Florida – GA Telesis MRO Services announced that the company has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License Agreement and Parts Supply Agreement with Honeywell. With today’s announcement, GA Telesis will be providing repairs of over 175 base part number and line replacement unit (LRU) repair items and sourcing over 1,200 material supply line items from Honeywell Aerospace. Products include electro-mechanical, pneumatic and mechanical LRU’s covering a variety of Airbus,… Read more

GA Telesis Announces Rebranding of its Component & Composite Repair Business Units under a single Group Named GA Telesis MRO Services

GA Telesis Announces Rebranding of its Component & Composite Repair Business Units under a single Group Named GA Telesis MRO Services

January 10, 2018 – Miami & Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC has consolidated the branding of its aircraft component and composite repair business units under a single group named MRO Services. Under the leadership of Pastor Lopez, President of MRO Services, the strategy will be to ensure that the MRO business units can react quicker to customer demands and market shifts as well as ensuring consistency in the customer experience. The brand marketing… Read more

GA Telesis Launches Leveraged Finance Group with the Appointments of David Lloyd and Nolan Heske

GA Telesis Launches Leveraged Finance Group with the Appointments of David Lloyd and Nolan Heske

December 11, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the launch of its Leveraged Finance Group (“LFG”) to provide secured aircraft financing for lessors, investors, and airlines.  GAT has appointed David Lloyd and Nolan Heske as Managing Directors of LFG to pursue the development, execution and growth of this strategy. The LFG management team has over 35 years of combined experience in the aircraft and transportation finance sector.  Prior to joining GAT,… Read more

How Disney Made My Experience Magical / By Pastor Lopez

How Disney Made My Experience Magical / By Pastor Lopez

The Disney Company believes customers will tell others about their experiences at the Disney parks when Disney’s “cast members” exceed customer expectations. If Disney only meets expectations, customers will not have a story to tell. So, here I am to tell you about one of my “wow moments” a few years ago at Disney when more than one of their cast members went above and beyond. It was just past midnight, on a warm Sunday,… Read more

GA Telesis Announces the Purchase and Leaseback of  Six Embraer E170 Aircraft with Republic Airline

GA Telesis Announces the Purchase and Leaseback of Six Embraer E170 Aircraft with Republic Airline

October 19, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) announces the completion of a purchase and leaseback transaction of six Embraer E170 aircraft with Republic Airline (“Republic”). GAT completed the acquisition of six Embraer E170 aircraft from Republic Airline earlier this month.  Simultaneous with the purchase, the aircraft were placed on long term leases with Republic.  The aircraft will be operated by Republic under a long term fixed fee capacity purchase agreement.  This… Read more

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

The airline and aviation industry is evolving — and rapidly. Far are we from the days of the 8-10 year repetitive cycle that caused sector-wide devastation. If we look back at the last 30 years, the industry down-cycles have been brought forth by events such as regional and global recessions, oil price spikes, terrorism, disease epidemic and of course airline labor issues. Today, I sat through an aviation investment panel with six industry experts and my… Read more