Companies that provide aircraft deep cleaning, or detailing, services, expect to see demand pick up in the fourth quarter, as predictions are that business aviation operators will increase their flight hours and keep their aircraft in mission-ready status. Below, we have profiled four vendors offering these services.
Prime Appearance of Sugar Land, Texas, has integrated some of the leading aircraft appearance providers, including Sharp Details, Appearance Group, and International Aero, among others. Currently, the company has a presence at more than 100 airports in the U.S. and France, with its newest location at Paris Le Bourget (LBG) Airport. Plans call for further expansion in the European market within the coming months and years.
With operations in most major business aviation markets in the U.S., including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and South Florida, Prime Appearance offers a wide range of aircraft services, including cleaning, detailing, carpet extractions, bright work polishing, paint protection applications, disinfection services, carpet and upholstery protection.
At locations where it does not have a based presence, Prime Appearance offers cleaning and detailing services via mobile teams.
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Mobile Service Expansion
Stevens Aerospace & Defense Systems, a multi-location MRO and FBO provider based in Greenville, South Carolina, is planning to add mobile cleaning and detailing teams in the first quarter of 2024, initially at its Donaldson Center Airport (GYH) facility in Greenville.
A specialist in business jet and turboprop maintenance, Stevens currently offers cleaning services—including interior and exterior detailing—on site at its other locations, using a combination of in-house staff and contract providers. Stevens has a presence at Dayton International Airport (DAY) in Ohio, Fulton County Airport (FTY) in Georgia, and Smyrna Airport in Tennessee (KMQY).
Mobile cleaning and detailing service will be offered to aircraft operators within a two-hour drive of Greenville, with the goal of expanding that to Stevens’ other locations in the future. https://marketplace.aviationweek.com/company/stevens-aerospace-and-defe…
Portfolio Includes Cleaning And Detailing
FBO and maintenance provider Clay Lacy Aviation offers aircraft cleaning and detailing for all models of business jets and other general aviation aircraft. Services are available at all three of Clay Lacy’s FBO, MRO and Operations centers, located at John Wayne Orange County Airport (KSNA) in California, Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC), in Connecticut, and its Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) base near Los Angeles.
Mobile cleaning and detailing teams are available for deployment within a 70-mi. radius of those facilities.
Clay Lacy is now providing aircraft cleaning and detailing at other FBOs throughout Southern California. New services recently added include exterior paint restoration, polishing and protection application—including Permagard, ToughGuard, and Aerolon coatings. Deicing boot treatment and protection and updated carpet cleaning equipment have also been added.
Recent examples of Clay Lacy’s expertise include exterior paint restoration on a Cessna Citation CJ2 that had been heavily oxidized. Refurbishing of surfaces on a Gulfstream GIII after nine years of desert storage is in progress.
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A Wide-Ranging Aircraft Service Provider
In business at the same location for 35 years, Aero Detail, based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) in Florida, services small piston-engine aircraft as well as turboprops, helicopters and medium-to-large business jets, Including a Boeing Business Jet based at FXE.
The company also provides mobile teams that perform detailing and interior and exterior cleaning at Pompano Air Park (PMP) and Boca Raton Airport (BCT).
Aero Detail’s team includes staff fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, which is considered essential for South Florida’s international market, the company says. Customers include maintenance, sales, avionics, and customer services departments, along with some government agencies.
In addition to other paint protection products, Aero Detail now offers ceramic coatings, which are recommended for aircraft having been painted less than a year.
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