Germany’s Aero-Dienst and Texas-based Turbine Engine Specialists (TES) have launched a transatlantic partnership to support Honeywell engines and auxiliary power units (APUs). The alliance announced on Wednesday will expand support in Europe for business jets equipped with TFE731 and HTF7000 series engines, as well as the GTCP36-100/150 and RE100/220 series APUs.
Repair requests will be directed to whichever of the authorized Honeywell service centers can provide support promptly. For Dallas-based TES, the arrangement with Nuremberg-based Aero-Dienst is a foundation for expanding its presence in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market.
When TES receives an AOG support request from an operator with an aircraft in Europe, it will now assign this work to Aero-Dienst, which also has facilities at Vienna and Klagenfurt in Austria. Similarly, TES will provide troubleshooting support for Europe-based aircraft traveling in the U.S.
Under the new agreement, Aero-Dienst will conduct ongoing major periodic inspections that are not covered by Honeywell’s Maintenance Service Plan, and TES will handle inspections that are covered by this plan. The Texan company will also conduct more extensive overhauls and repairs to APUs for which it holds approvals.
The two companies have been working together for some time. Since 2021, Aero-Dienst has already done the majority of post-loan inspections on 36-100 and 36-150 APUs that TES loaned to EMEA aircraft operators from its Honeywell APU rental bank.