Growth in Maintenance Centers Lags Behind Increase in Business Jets KaiserAir Now Accepting Transient Aircraft for Maintenance

Because the growth in maintenance centers for business jets has not kept pace with the growth in aircraft, KaiserAir is now accepting transient aircraft for maintenance on a drop-in basis.

Despite an expected 60 percent increase in business jets over the next 10 years, there previously were no FAR 145 Class 4 maintenance facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area that accepted transient aircraft on a regular basis, said Sandy Waters, KaiserAir vice president.

The only Class 4 facilities, licensed to perform a full range of services for business jets, are KaiserAir and the United Airlines Maintenance Center, also at Oakland International Airport.

"We decided to expand because of the increasing demand for service from companies that make KaiserAir their headquarters when they fly to the Bay Area," said Sandy Waters, KaiserAir vice president. "We have technicians available 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

In locations without the Federal Aviation Administration-approved maintenance facilities, business jet owners have had no choice but to either move the aircraft to another city, or to bring in factory-authorized technicians if a plane cannot be flown. This is both inconvenient and expensive, Waters pointed out.

"We previously were able to handle only the aircraft that we manage, but the increasing interest in business jets in the Bay Area has made it feasible for us to expand," said Waters. "If it's maintenance that can be done in less than a day, we can often perform the work without an appointment. We expect this to be particularly attractive to executives visiting the Bay Area when their jets have a minor problem."

KaiserAir is able to perform anything from fixing a broken coffeepot to complete engine overhauls. Services including troubleshooting and repairs, component replacement and exterior and interior cleaning.

In addition, KaiserAir recently became one of the first companies in the nation authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to perform both original and recurrent certification of Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums systems on Gulfstream G-III and G-IV series aircraft. KaiserAir also is authorized to work on business jets registered in European countries by the Joint Aviation Authorities, the European Union's equivalent of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

KaiserAir also has its own wheel and brake shop and upholstery department and maintains an extensive parts inventory for Gulfstream, Hawker, and Cessna Citation aircraft. Customer service representatives at the Executive Terminal can handle a wide variety of other requests, ranging from catering to hotel and limousine reservations.

KaiserAir specializes in the operation and maintenance of Gulfstream, Hawker, Cessna Citation and other business jet aircraft. Thirty-three of Fortune Magazine's Top 50 corporations make KaiserAir's Executive Terminal their home when they conduct business in the San Francisco area. Its history dates back to 1946 when it began as the flight department for the Kaiser companies founded by the late industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.

Additional information is available on the Internet at www.kaiserair.com, or by telephoning 510-569-9622. Service requests also may be sent by e-mail to drop-in@kaiserair.com.

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