This article was originally published by aviationweek.com
By James Pozzi
Credit: De Havilland Canada
Aircraft manufacturer De Havilland Canada has extended its agreement with Netherlands-based Fokker Services to include logistical support on parts for its De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft.
The extended partnership continues the existing De Havilland Component Solutions arrangement for an additional five-year term, until the end of 2027.
Under the terms of the agreement, Fokker Services provides a 27,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Amsterdam and third-party operations to support Calgary-based De Havilland Canada’s hub-and-spoke parts distribution model. Warehousing services provided include inbound receiving and stocking of components, picking, packaging, and shipping along with quality control.
The independent MRO provider’s website lists services relating to the aircraft as component availability and reconditioning, local lease stock, several modifications services and parts repair and exchange offerings.
“This agreement with Fokker Services further demonstrates De Havilland Canada’s commitment to bring distribution network solutions close to our customers to achieve better lead times and reduced freight costs,” said Leighton Storsley, vice president, aftermarket and business development. “While some of our peers are pulling back from their global distribution network, De Havilland Canada is showing additional commitment to ours.”
Menzo van der Beek, CEO of Fokker Services, adds that the company is positioning to meet any component repair challenge and will also aid efforts to reduce turnaround times.
Fokker Services has looked to grow capacity over the past year. In October 2022, it announced plans to expand its existing site in the Netherlands by building a new widebody maintenance hangar.
The location will be at the independent aftermarket specialist’s MRO and completion center at Woensdrecht Airport, located 45 mi. south of Rotterdam and 20 mi. north of Antwerp across the Belgian border. The facility will have capacity for several widebodies, including Airbus A330, A350 and Boeing 777 aircraft.
De Havilland Canada, established in 2018 after its previous incarnation as the Bombardier Q400 program was offloaded to Longview Aviation, operates four distribution centers to support the global fleet of more than 1,100 Dash 8 aircraft. These centers are in Amsterdam, Calgary, Singapore and Sydney.
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