Marshall Business Aviation opens office at Harrods Aviation’s London Luton Airport facility.

Friday 26th October 2012

Marshall Business Aviation, (MBA) part of the Marshall Aerospace Group, this week opens a technical support office at London Luton Airport within the Harrods Aviation facilities.

The move is in response to an increasing number of Cessna Citation aircraft owner/operators flying in or now based at London Luton, the UK's busiest 24/7 business aviation airport, where Harrods Aviation also runs an established FBO.

MBA will offer AOG and casualty support for a wide range of Cessna aircraft, expanding its capabilities providing scheduled maintenance as a long-standing Cessna authorised service centre at its Cambridge Airport headquarters.

"There are an increasing number of larger Cessna aircraft coming in to Luton which will benefit from us having a base here to supplement our Primary Service Centre at Cambridge. Given the capacity constraints at this popular bizav airport we are happy to respond to customer demand in setting up an AOG facility at Luton," said Marshall Business Aviation Managing Director Steve Jones.

"We welcome the arrival of Marshall Business Aviation at our London Luton Airport facility," said Harrods Aviation Technical Director John Bool. "Their speciality is a perfect complement to the maintenance services we already offer on Bombardier and Hawker Beechcraft aircraft, and we look forward to a long term relationship with MBA."

• Harrods Aviation Ltd is exhibiting at NBAA next week (October 29-November 1, 2012) Booth No 4263.

Picture Caption (l-r): Paul Norton, Harrods Aviation Managing Director with Steve Jones, Marshall Business Aviation Managing Director (Hi Res image available on request.)

• About Marshall Business Aviation:

Marshall Business Aviation is part of Marshall Aerospace, which specialises in the conversion, modification, maintenance and support of Cessna Citation aircraft.

Marshall Business Aviation's comprehensive services are tailored to meet the requirements of the operators and owners of executive and charter aircraft; and to satisfy all customer expectations in terms of timeframes, quality and aesthetics.

Marshall Business Aviation is a Cessna Authorised Service facility for the Citation 500 series aircraft and can complete warranty work; and the company currently looks after approximately 10% of all European registered Cessna aircraft.

Marshall Business Aviation can undertake standard maintenance and service work and project manage cabin refurbishments, and livery can also be changed in the company's own paint shop.

Marshall Business Aviation's services are independent (they are not just 'add-ons' to aircraft sales), and the company undertakes pre-buy inspections and offers fixed-price quoting.

Marshall Business Aviation is experienced in dealing with AOG and aircraft recovery, and has engineers available to support an aircraft wherever it is in Europe.

Marshall Aerospace appointed Steve Jones as Managing Director of Business Aviation (MBA) and Marshall Executive Aviation (MEA) in May 2012. Before joining MBA/MEA - business units within Marshall Aerospace - Jones was, over the course of the last two years, General Manager of three General Aviation Airports in the United Arab Emirates; and prior to his time in the Middle East he was the Managing Director at Oxford Airport in the UK.