Air Spares Unlimited

Air Spares Unlimited (ASU) is a commercial aerospace aftermarket company in Chicago that works only on aircraft landing gear, wheels and brakes, which the company calls Chapter 32. It offers programs to source, sell, lease, exchange, manage repairs of and warehouse on consignment these assets.

Programs

• Outright sales: ASU stocks several aircraft types in as removed, serviceable and overhauled condition, and uses network partners for assets it does not hold
• Exchange: flat rate and exchange plus cost options, with back to birth records review and remediation on the exchange unit
• Lease: short and long term leases on narrow body and wide body platforms, with lease to own options
• Repair management: ASU works with an MRO partner, procures replacement parts, handles repair communications and supports the records
• Consignment: storage, sale and records processing for landing gear owned by others

Aircraft and platforms supported

The contact page lists separate sales contacts for Airbus, Boeing and regional aircraft landing gear. The company says it supplies both narrow body and wide body platforms.

Company facts

• Headquarters at 1142 W. Madison St., Chicago, and a warehouse at 4532 S Kolin Ave, Chicago
• Works with Proven Air Technologies on landing gear documentation, according to its website
• ASA-100 quality system accreditation, as reported in the ASA FAA AC 00-56B accreditation database