Newly created Dornier 328 maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider 328 Support Services has firmed up its plans during its first month of operation.
Corporate Jet Service, the parent of UK executive jet operator Club 328, acquired the rights to the defunct line late last year to support its own fleet of corporate 328 turboprops and 328Jets (Flight International, 20 December 2005–2 January). The Southampton-based company will retain former owner AvCraft Aerospace’s managing director Wolfgang Walter to head the new German subsidiary. Walter will lead a team of around 100 engineers at the former Fairchild Dornier site in Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich.
Corporate Jet Service says employees have been offered new contracts with the new company, which was released from bankruptcy administration by law firm Pluta at the end of last year.
The new company will also look into the development of a new Dornier 328 maintenance organisation to complement Jet Engineering Technical Support at Southampton airport. The new company will complete the final two 328Jets before closing the production line and concentrating on maintenance. There will also be an effort to return stored 328s to service, the company adds.
JUSTIN WASTNAGE/LONDON
Source: Flight International
