Associated Air Center Redelivers VIP Boeing 747-8

Associated Air Center (AAC), StandardAero's bizliner completions center, completed and redelivered the company's first Boeing 747-8 for a Middle East head-of-state customer. The company handed over the widebody aircraft 35 days ahead of schedule. 

AAC’s in-house certification organization designation authorization team obtained several FAA STCs applicable to the customized cabin configuration. The 4,786-sq-ft upper and main deck cabins were supplemented with a 393-sq-ft module installed above the aft passenger cabin, accommodating eight private sleeping compartments and changing area.

The cabin systems feature audio/video-on-demand available through in-arm, personal, LCD touchscreens and 55-inch bulkhead-mounted LED monitors, with a large library of high-definition (HD) videos and a passenger flight information system with HD 3-D worldwide moving maps and aircraft location. In addition, the cabin includes multi-region satellite TV, satcom broadband allowing access to the Internet and videoconferencing, in-seat outlets for charging personal electronic devices, external HD cameras for landscape viewing, LED mood lighting providing an array of pre-programmed scenarios and multi-zonal cabin humidification system. Additional potable and gray water tanks were installed to support the integration of nine lavatories, three of which are equipped with showers, and three galleys.