StandardAero’s Gonesse overhaul facility delivers its 1,500th PT6A turboprop:
22 May 2019: StandardAero's engine MRO facility in Gonesse, France has recently delivered its 1,500th Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engine. The Gonesse facility is situated mid-way between Le Bourget and Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, is a Pratt & Whitney Canada Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for both the PT6A and the larger PW100 turboprop engine.
Gonesse has more than 40 years of maintenance, repair and overhaul experience on the PT6A, having processed its first engine in 1975, and also supports the PT6A operator community with mobile repair team (MRT) services. Currently, the facility has approvals for nine models of the PT6A family which includes the widely used PT6A-41/-42 models, plus the PT6A-64 which powers the Daher TBM 700.
Recently, the Gonesse facility was re-selected by Daher as the PT6A engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider for TBM very fast turboprop aircraft based in Europe. The have been originally selected by Daher in 2016. This agreement consists of engine support for the fleet of TBM 700 aircraft operated by the French Ministry of Defence and managed by Daher under a Full Operational Support agreement.
"The team of MRO specialists at StandardAero Gonesse is proud to reach this milestone 1,500th engine, reflecting our long-standing support of PT6A operators across Europe and beyond," said Laurent Cluzel, General Manager of StandardAero's Gonesse facility. "We have an extensive heritage of supporting the PT6A and PW100 turboprops at Gonesse, serving military, governmental and civilian operators, and look forward to extending our PT6A capabilities with the introduction of a dedicated service centre later this year."
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