Aircraft Tool Hire Ltd

Aircraft Tool Hire is an expanding business that rents aircraft tooling and ground equipment. The company supports the maintenance operations of commercial airlines and MROs. Its main warehouse is at Cardiff International Airport in the Vale of Glamorgan. It also has a second tool store in Sollenau, Austria. Tools can be shipped anywhere in Europe or worldwide at short notice.

The company holds a wide range of maintenance tooling, including aircraft jacks, engine stands, bootstrap kits, flying control hoists and slings. It also supplies more specialised tooling, such as cold working kits, swaging and crimping tools, and the latest avionic test equipment.

Its tool categories include A330 and A340 tooling, Airbus tools, Boeing tools, APU tooling, engine change tooling and landing gear tooling. Other categories cover data reading and download units, fuel system test equipment, loop resistance testing, navigation test equipment, pitot static test equipment, RAT test equipment and hand tools.

Customers can search the catalogue by tool description or part number. The site lists featured tools such as a hydro tripod jack, a valve actuating test set and a windshield inspection tool.

The company says it has built a network of customers spread across six continents. Those customers fly or maintain Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft. Its website names Lufthansa Technik, Icelandair, SAS, TUI and Vueling among the businesses it has worked with.

Customers who need a tool can contact the team by email or telephone. The company says it is happy to help with any enquiry.

Services

• Aircraft tool hire
• Aircraft jacks and engine stands
• Engine change tooling
• Landing gear tooling
• APU tooling
• Pitot static test equipment
• Fuel system test equipment
• Loop resistance testing
• Avionic test equipment
• Navigation test equipment