Textron Aviation expands global King Air Service

Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, said its company-owned service centres in Sacramento, California; Mesa, Arizona; and Paris, France, have gained certification for Beechcraft King Air 90-, 200- and 300-series aircraft service and repair, expanding factory service accessibility to its global customer base.

“The combination of Beechcraft, Cessna, and Hawker under the Textron Aviation umbrella continues to pay dividends to our customers, this time with the expansion of company-owned King Air services for our operators in both the Western US and Europe,” said Brad Thress, Senior Vice President, Customer Service. “Throughout 2015, we’ll continue our Beechcraft and Hawker service expansion across our global, company-owned service network.”

The Sacramento and Mesa facilities are the first Citation service centres in North America to gain US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorisation for Beechcraft King Air service, opening up factory service options to King Air operators on the West Coast and in the Southwest.

The added King Air service capability at the company’s Paris facility comes shortly after the opening of Textron Aviation’s larger, state-of-theart service centre at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. Textron Aviation also operates two additional European companyowned service centres in Dusseldorf and Zurich with full-service capability for most Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft.