Under an agreement inked with Aero Centers holding company SAR Trilogy Management, Pilatus Aircraft will acquire Aero Center Epps' Pilatus sales and maintenance operations at Atlanta DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK). The deal, expected to close in 2024, is limited to Aero Center Epps' Pilatus maintenance business and sales and maintenance personnel, the companies said today. Aero Centers Epps will continue to operate its FBO and other maintenance activities, SAR Trilogy noted.
“This transaction allows Aero Centers to better focus on its FBO, non-Pilatus maintenance, and aircraft management and charter business at KPDK,” said SAR Trilogy Management managing director Sanjay Aggarwal.
Pilatus Aircraft CEO Markus Bucher said the acquisition will “safeguard and further improve the continuity and quality” of the company’s services in the Southeast U.S. “I’m delighted that we will have the expertise and the employees on board with us.”
According to Pilatus, it will continue to provide MRO services on an independent basis to customers and pledges to provide product support over the entire life cycle of its aircraft. This will include maintenance and repair services, as well as avionics and spare parts sales, for the PC-12 turboprop single and PC-24 twinjet.
Aero Center Epps Atlanta has been a Pilatus sales and service center since 1996, with its sales territory covering Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Caribbean.