Tue, Mar 17, 2015
Jet Aviation Basel has been selected by Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to complete the interiors of two Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed client in Asia.
The project will be completed in Q3 2018.
Following an intense and competitive bidding process that BBJ undertook to achieve its customers’ detailed requirements, the Jet Aviation Basel Completions Centre was awarded the completions contract for the two aircraft.
The project is slated for immediate commencement.
“We have invested heavily in process and product improvements for popular wide-body platforms such as the B777 in order to bring VIP interiors to the next level of quality and precision,” says Matthew Woollaston, Director, Market Development & Completions Sales, Jet Aviation Basel. “This is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase our new capabilities.”
“This contract is the culmination of a lot of hard work by our team of professionals in recent years developing new ways of doing business and building cabin interiors,” says Neil Boyle, Vice President and General Manager of the Jet Aviation Basel Completions Centre. “This is a significant program for Boeing Business Jets and we are honoured to have been selected to complete these two B777s. We look forward to demonstrating our skills and expertise to Boeing directly.”
Jet Aviation Basel has been completing aircraft at its completions centre since 1977 and has created more than 200 cabin interiors. It is widely recognised as a leading high-end completions centre for both narrow- and wide-body Boeing BBJs. The company has completed 25 Boeing interiors since 1999. This is its second Boeing completions contract in as many months this year.
A world renowned completions and maintenance centre, Jet Aviation Basel employs more than 1,600 professionals. It has in-house design and engineering departments, along with on-site cabinetry, upholstery, fiberglass and paint shops.
It is capable of outfitting jets as large as an Airbus A380 or the Boeing 747-8 series, as well as Airbus 319ACJ, A320, A330, A340 and Boeing B737, B767, B777 and B787.
Jet Aviation Basel also provides maintenance and repair services to a wide variety of business jets and is a factory approved service centre by Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault and Gulfstream. The location also holds a jet aircraft repair station rating by the US’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in addition to approval certificates of 21 other national aviation authorities.
A wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967.
Close to 4,500 employees cater to client needs from more than 20 airport facilities throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North and South America.
The company provides maintenance, completions and refurbishment, engineering, FBO (fixed base operator) and fuel services, along with aircraft management, charter services, aircraft sales and personnel services.
Jet Aviation's European and US aircraft management and charter divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 250 aircraft.
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