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1. Sustainability Focus
Company: Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions
Product: Founded in 2006 and based at Twente Airport in the Netherlands, Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) has completed end-of-life services for more than 75 aircraft. The company says it is focused on sustainability and an environmentally responsible approach to dismantling and recycling aircraft such as the Airbus A320 family, A330, A340, Boeing 737 and 777. Through sales and warehousing services, AELS is helping a Dutch operator divest its Boeing fleet in favor of Airbus aircraft.
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2. Creative Repurposing
Company: Air Salvage International
Product: Based at Cotswold Airport in England, Air Salvage International (ASI) has completed more than 1,500 aircraft disassembly projects on Airbus, ATR, Boeing and Embraer aircraft. ASI is privately owned, which the company says allows it to remain competitive and flexible, including Part 145 maintenance services through sister company GC Aviation Maintenance. ASI says nearly 100% of the aircraft it handles are either reused or recycled, with some materials being used for movie sets and airline training or repurposed for local roads and infrastructure projects.
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3. High Capacity
Company: Ascent Aviation Services
Product: Ascent Aviation Services offers dismantling for all aircraft types, including parts removal, identification, processing and material repair from its facilities at Pinal Airpark in Marana and Tucson International Airport in Arizona. The company recycles more than 60 aircraft annually, with capacity for more than 100. Ascent says its MRO capabilities give it more flexibility in tagging material as serviceable prior to full dismantling, and company leaders sit on the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) board of directors. The company expects the segment to see challenges as younger aircraft—such as Boeing 787s and Airbus A380s—increasingly start being recycled.
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4. New Markets
Company: CAVU Aerospace
Product: CAVU Aerospace offers both mobile dismantling at customer sites and fixed-base dismantling from its facilities in Roswell, New Mexico; Victorville, California; and Stuttgart, Arkansas. The company says it can dismantle most narrowbodies in 30 days and most widebodies in 60 days. CAVU says it is the first company to have two aircraft registered on the AFRA-Civil Aviation Administration of China parts registry, which paves the way for the sale of used serviceable material in the Chinese market. The company also attributes success to its CAVUSmartTags product, a real-time, cloud-based program that provides parts manifests with pictures and removal tags.
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5. Global Expansions
Company: ecube
Product: Ecube is headquartered in St. Athan, Wales, where it recently opened a new hangar to support its maintenance services focused on aircraft transition activity. The company in 2023 launched a new facility in Coolidge, Arizona, which has completed 50 disassembly projects. It also reports increased demand to support remote projects, with requests coming from as far afield as the Middle East and South America. Ecube’s Spain-based team recently worked on narrowbody disassembly projects in France, Germany and Romania. To support lessor transitions, ecube is expanding its aircraft storage, maintenance and transition capabilities.
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6. OEM Cooperation
Company: Tarmac Aerosave
Product: Tarmac Aerosave is a Part 145 MRO provider dedicated to storage, maintenance and recycling of aircraft and engines. It has facilities in Tarbes and Toulouse in France, and Teruel, Spain. The Spanish facility opened its seventh maintenance hangar in 2024 to meet needed capacity growth. Last year, Tarmac Aerosave also opened its Airbus Lifecycle Services Center joint venture in Chengdu, China, where it expects to dismantle about a quarter of the aircraft stored at the facility. Tarmac Aerosave is additionally working with ATR to identify new recycling processes and increase the number of recyclable aircraft parts.
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7. Growing Global Footprint
Company: Vallair
Product: Vallair performs aircraft teardown and recycling services from its facility in Chateauroux, France, where it has capacity to perform up to 12 narrowbody teardowns annually. Last summer, Vallair signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority to cooperate in a variety of fields, including aircraft disassembly. The cooperation will help Vallair grow industry workforce while helping Cameroon establish aircraft maintenance and recycling capabilities. Vallair also is exploring locations for a planned joint venture in Saudi Arabia as it seeks to establish a footprint in the country, which is actively building its aviation industry.
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