AFAST AERO

Afast Aero provides aircraft fuel tank entry teams for airlines and maintenance organisations. The company is based in Altrincham, Cheshire, in the United Kingdom. Its teams repair fuel leaks and carry out other work inside fuel tanks.

Fuel tank teams are the main service. The teams are fully equipped, certified and experienced, and they work on all aircraft from general aviation to large commercial types. Work includes fuel leak repairs, component and fuel quantity system replacements, tank decontamination cleaning, sealant replacement programmes and structural repairs.

The company says it has carried out more than 1,000 separate fuel leak repairs, each with an 18 month warranty. Its figures list 378 fuel tank maintenance projects, 328 fuel leak repair projects and 43 sheet metal repair projects for modifications, service bulletins and airworthiness directives. It says its teams have worked for more than 50 MROs and airlines for 15 years, and many give repeat business.

Afast Aero is a partner of Bostonair. Together they can issue a certificate of release to service on most commercial types, on an AOG or planned basis. This suits operators that have no maintenance organisation of their own or that cannot do the work because of heavy workloads.

The company also offers fuel leak consultancy. Its 24 hour video consultation service uses a smartphone app to guide a customer's staff through planning and exit point location, testing to find the internal entry point, best practice for replacing sealant, and post repair testing and closure.

Other services include sheet metal repair, equipment loan and BFAST CRS. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and its teams issue detailed work packs with certificates of conformity that meet the needs of quality departments.

A 24 hour travel planner handles logistics so teams can reach customers quickly. Team leaders send arrival time updates and advice on getting ready before arrival to keep downtime short. The company lists regular customers across Europe, including airlines such as Air Baltic, Brussels Airlines, Swiss, Wizz Air and DHL, and it keeps an AOG number that works around the clock.

Services

• Fuel tank entry teams
• AOG fuel leak repairs
• Fuel tank teams with CRS
• Fuel leak video consultancy
• Sealant replacement programmes
• Tank decontamination cleaning
• Fuel quantity system replacement
• Sheet metal repair
• Structural repairs
• Equipment loan