Marshall ADG Buys Hawker Beechcraft Ltd.

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG) has purchased Beechcraft’s flagship European MRO business, Hawker Beechcraft Ltd., at Broughton, in north Wales. The site, also known as Hawker Beechcraft Services Chester, has provided a full range of maintenance, modification, paint, and upgrade services to owners of Hawker and Beechcraft aircraft for over 50 years.

 

The business will now be known as Marshall Aviation Services.

 

Announcing the deal, which was signed on Aug. 30, 2013 in Witchita, Kan., Steve Fitz-Gerald, CEO of Marshall ADG made the comments: “We are committed to a strategy of building our civil aerospace business and I am delighted that Hawker Beechcraft Ltd. has become part of Marshall Aviation Services. This is our second business aviation acquisition this year and demonstrates our ambition to grow and become a major player in the business and commercial aviation marketplace.”

 

Marshall ADG will continue to provide a service and support role for Beechcraft throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and has been granted authorized service center status for Hawker and King Air aircraft.

 

Christi Tannahill, senior vice president, Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support, says: “We view the transition of our service facility to Marshall as a positive development for customers, employees, and the aviation industry in the region.”

 

Marshall Aviation Services also plans to broaden the range of aircraft types supported at Broughton and leverage its design and integration expertise to provide aircraft manufacturers, governments and specialist operators with innovative engineering and support solutions to satisfy special mission requirements.

 

Marshall Aviation Services is responsible for all of Marshall ADG’s business and commercial aviation activities, including maintenance, modification, refurbishment, and conversion of business aircraft.

 

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, part of the Marshall Group, specializes in the conversion and modification of military, civil and business aircraft; defense vehicle engineering, and shelter manufacture. 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Ltd. Has been located at the same airport in North Wales as the original Hawker production facility, where in 1965, Hawker Siddeley set up a factory maintenance and repair facility. In 1977, Hawker Siddeley’s aircraft interests were divested into British Aerospace, which sold its business jets division to Raytheon in 1993. In 1996, Hawker final assembly transferred to Wichita, Kan.; however, wing and fuselage fabrication remained at Broughton until production ceased in 2012. In 1997, the business was integrated into the Raytheon Aircraft Services network and the capability to support Beechjet, Premier IA, and King Air aircraft was added. In 2006, Raytheon Aircraft Co. was sold to Hawker Beechcraft, which became a private company in 2013 named Beechcraft Corp.