FAI Prepares Transatlantic Ambulance Fleet for ADS-B

German MRO FAI Technik has completed Future Air Navigation System (FANS) installations on two Bombardier Challenger 604s owned by FAI Aviation Group in the past two months and is working on another scheduled for completion later this month, the maintenance unit of FAI Aviation Group announced. At the same time, it has received an STC from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Garmin ADS-B installations for the Learjet 60.

The STC was designed by FAI Engineering and its Part 21 design partner, S4A, based in Madrid, Spain. Three Learjet 60 ADS-B modifications have already been completed. Another three Learjet 60s will receive the modifications by year-end.

That means FAI’s air ambulance fleet of six Bombardier Learjet 60s and four Challenger 604s will be prepared for unrestricted transatlantic flying by the beginning of 2020, according to the company. Six of FAI’s other Europe-based Learjet 60s are scheduled for the ADS-B modifications in the first half of next year to ensure they are compliant with EASA’s June 2020 ADS-B mandate.