SINGLE CONTACT POINT UNLOCKS GROUP-WIDE AOG RECOVERY CAPABILITY

Storm Aviation has assumed a new and expanded role within FL Technics Group, serving as the central coordination hub for Aircraft on Ground (AOG) recovery across the group’s global network. The move extends the reach of Storm Aviation’s established GO Team — which has provided time-critical aircraft recovery services for 30 years — to encompass the full technical resource base of FL Technics Group, including more than 100 line maintenance stations and seven base maintenance hangars in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic, with spare parts stocks in Dubai, Singapore and Vilnius.

Thomas Buckley, CEO of Storm Aviation, said operators no longer had to chase multiple contacts across time zones, and that they now had a single point of contact through the GO Team with the entire capability of FL Technics Group behind it. He said that wherever an airline needed technical recovery assistance, the team could mobilise faster and with greater certainty. Saulius Bajarunas, COO of FL Technics Group, said Storm Aviation’s GO Team acted as lead coordinator for AOG recovery across the group, and that the role of the wider group was to put its best capability — engineers, tooling, approvals and global footprint — behind every recovery the GO Team coordinated.

HOW THE MODEL WORKS IN PRACTICE

AOG events require the rapid coordination of qualified engineers, specialised tooling, spare parts and valid maintenance approvals, often across multiple jurisdictions and time zones simultaneously. Under the new FL Technics Group model, a single request to Storm Aviation’s GO Team initiates the entire recovery process. The team assesses the technical situation, mobilises the required resources from the nearest available point within the group’s network, coordinates tooling and parts logistics, and manages the recovery through to return to service — eliminating the need for operators to contact multiple units or source separate technical partners across regions.

The model provides meaningful practical advantages in terms of response time: with recovery teams deployable from multiple continental hubs rather than a single base, the time between an AOG event and the arrival of qualified engineers and resources on site is materially reduced. The coverage spans the Americas, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and beyond. FL Technics Group is part of Avia Solutions Group, which the group describes as the world’s largest ACMI provider, operating a fleet of 136 aircraft across six continents and supported by more than 11,000 aviation professionals across more than 250 subsidiaries.