New Mexico Mx Providers Join in Local Covid Support

With many members of the New Mexico community suffering economic hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic, aircraft maintenance providers at Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) have joined together in a charity initiative. Santa Fe Aero Services and Skyland Aircraft have partnered with the local Food Depot to provide financial support during the crisis.

The two companies have pledged to donate 25 percent of the labor costs on annual aircraft inspections performed through the end of September, in the name of the customer, to the 501(c)(3) charity. The customer will in turn receive a donation receipt in the amount, which for a 27- to 34-hour inspection will equal approximately $700. The MROs also will apply that donation plan to any follow-up work needed to correct any defects encountered during the inspection.

Santa Fe Aero Services has also coordinated with SAF FBO Jet Center Santa Fe to offer a fuel discount for any out-of-town customers who fly in to support the initiative.

“Because we are able to keep our techs employed, they all got together and barnstormed ideas on how to give something back to those not as fortunate, which in New Mexico is a staggering amount of used-to-be breadwinners,” Santa Fe Aero Services president Ron Tarrson told AIN. “We all came up with an acceptable way of making a social impact.”