Story ID: 501FlyingColoursMRO
Flying Colours Flying High
By: James Careless
Caption: The company receives an award, and it was selected as a preferred completion center by Inairvation.
Word Count: 369
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Flying Colours has two reasons to celebrate during NBAA 2015. First, the company’s St Louis, Mo. MRO and completions facility received Authorized Service Facility (ASF) of the Year honors in the North American category from Bombardier. Second, Inairvation selected Flying Colours as its only preferred completion center in North America.

Bombardier chose the Flying Colours facility in St. Louis as service facility of the year in recognition of its quality, performance and commitment to customers. The award also recognizes Flying Colours’s support of Bombardier’s “strategy of delivering amazing customer experiences through superior performance.” Flying Colours (Booth C9340) bought the St. Louis facility from JetCorp Technical Services in 2009.

“It is the first time we have been eligible for the Bombardier ASF award, so we are hugely honored to win it; especially given the intense competition in the North American market,” said Troy Funk, vice president of technical services at Flying Colours. “We recognize the dedication, commitment and hard work our strong team in St. Louis places on the customer experience, and the award from Bombardier Aerospace underlines what a great job they do.” The award is being presented at the 5th Annual Bombardier ASF Excellence Awards ceremony here at NBAA 2015.

As Inairvation’s North American completion center partner, Flying Colours will be responsible for delivering on Inairvation’s vision of a “one-stop-shop” for the integrated management of aircraft cabin interiors. Offering customers a single point of contact for their aircraft interiors projects is meant to reduce costs, weight, time and the lengthy delays caused by post-design-freeze modifications. The Inairvation team includes design personnel from Lufthansa Technik, F. LIST, DesignQ and Schott Aviation. Inairvation is a 50-50 joint venture of Lufthansa Technik AG and F. LIST.

“We know that one supplier delay can cost completion projects dearly, so the concept of integrating all the suppliers under one roof makes so much sense for customers and project managers alike,” said Flying Colours vice president Sean Gillespie. “Working together as an integrated team from the very start of a cabin specification project will ultimately result in a seamless completion installation. We are very excited about this concept.”