There is the saying, “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” It sounds a lot like me because I feel blessed to have worked my entire career in the most exciting industry I can think of – aviation. As I reflect on my professional journey, I think of all the big and small influences that led me down this path. Growing up in a small Midwest town,… Read more
November 29, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC announced the acquisition of an Airbus A330-200 (MSN 255) for disassembly and support of its increase in demand for inventory. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and US-based distribution facilities. The inventory will be used in support of the GA Telesis’ iGEAR, SNAP and ACCESS programs as well as day-to-day sales… Read more
November 15, 2018– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Eric Dollman as Vice President of its Leveraged Finance Group. Eric Dollman brings nearly 20 years of experience in the transportation finance and leasing sector to GAT. Dollman joins GA Telesis from Amur Capital Management, where he led the fixed and rotary-wing aircraft business for over four years. His previous positions include American Express Co., where he led the global… Read more
October 30, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC announced the acquisition of an Airbus A319-100 (MSN 1541) equipped with CFM56-5B engines. The disassembly is taking place in the United Kingdom, where key components will then be routed to its UK and US-based distribution facilities. The inventory will be used in support of GA Telesis’ iGEAR, SNAP and ACCESS programs as well as day-to-day sales requirements of the company’s airline and MRO repair… Read more
At GA Telesis we live by the five “W”s and one “H”; who, what, when, where, why, and how. It all starts when we were children and there was nothing more natural than challenging our parents with these questions. In many cases, these questions would be met with impatience and frustration. As kids, how many conversations did we have, that started with “But why?” and ended with “Because I said so.” or, “Curiosity killed the… Read more
While flying home from a business trip a few days ago, I ran into a few industry colleagues which led me to think about the vast amount of aviation companies based in the state of Florida. Then I wondered about the level of the aviation industry’s impact on the state of Florida’s commercial and industrial infrastructure. After a little research, I learned that the aviation and aerospace industry has long been a key driver of… Read more
January 16, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC. (“GAT”) has announced the addition of its newest support team, the Government Solutions Group (“GSG”), to begin supporting all U.S. Government procurement activities. The GSG team will begin offering various aviation and non-aviation based materials to multiple agencies including the Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) and Foreign Military Sales (“FMS”). The team will be led by military sales veteran, Lee Levinstein. “Coupling my defense contracts… Read more
January 11, 2018 – Miami, Florida – GA Telesis MRO Services announced that the company has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License Agreement and Parts Supply Agreement with Honeywell. With today’s announcement, GA Telesis will be providing repairs of over 175 base part number and line replacement unit (LRU) repair items and sourcing over 1,200 material supply line items from Honeywell Aerospace. Products include electro-mechanical, pneumatic and mechanical LRU’s covering a variety of Airbus,… Read more
January 10, 2018 – Miami & Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC has consolidated the branding of its aircraft component and composite repair business units under a single group named MRO Services. Under the leadership of Pastor Lopez, President of MRO Services, the strategy will be to ensure that the MRO business units can react quicker to customer demands and market shifts as well as ensuring consistency in the customer experience. The brand marketing… Read more
December 11, 2017– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the launch of its Leveraged Finance Group (“LFG”) to provide secured aircraft financing for lessors, investors, and airlines. GAT has appointed David Lloyd and Nolan Heske as Managing Directors of LFG to pursue the development, execution and growth of this strategy. The LFG management team has over 35 years of combined experience in the aircraft and transportation finance sector. Prior to joining GAT,… Read more
