AMAC Aerospace Switzerland has delivered its first B747-8i in a VVIP configuration, under a completions contact which took two years to execute.

This makes AMAC Aerospace the first completions centre in the world to redeliver an aircraft of this size and complexity, according to the company.

The cabin is decorated with the highest levels of custom furniture, monuments, exotic materials, bespoke artwork, easy flow of passenger mobility throughout the cabin as with plenty of storage space and high end technical equipment, such as peripheral cameras located around the exterior of the aircraft, Live TV, Satcom installations, additional water tanks, showers, beds, galleys to name but a few.

“We are all proud to see this project come to an end; we hope that the principal will recognise the level of detail coming from our skilled craftsmen and women. We would like to thank our client, his flight operations team, all the men and women that have made this project a reality,” says Christian Schirlin, Head of Project Management, AMAC Aerospace.

“The tireless efforts made by our teams of people working day and night are a testament to why we are the best in this business. We have really come a long way with this B747-8i as it has tested every person as an individual as with challenged the departments who have relentlessly combed through thousands of documents from production, to analysis, to installation, to certification through to the acceptance tests and shake down flights. New learning curves have enabled AMAC to refine and better our products, procedures and have given valuable insights in to what is feasible. We are extremely happy with the end result and we relish the opportunity to take on our next wide body project,” says Bernd Schramm, Group Chief Operating Officer, AMAC Aerospace.

AMAC Aerospace specialises in narrow and widebody VIP completions and maintenance for the corporate and private aviation market. Founded in 2007 in Basel, AMAC today is the largest privately owned facility in the world and led by Kadri Muhiddin, Executive Chairman/Group CEO, Bernd Schramm, Group COO and Mauro Grossi, Group CFO.