Airline Components International Limited

Airline Components International, or ACI, is a UK design, production and repair company for aircraft interiors. It works on cabin, cockpit and cargo bay interior projects. It is based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and has been active since 1987.

ACI handles design, testing, manufacture and repair in one organisation. Its design engineers are trained in all phases of design and production. They use a design for manufacture approach so parts are right first time, on short lead times and at low cost. The company has held design approvals UK.21J.0102 and GCAA DOA/214, production approval UK.21G.2562 and repair approval UK.145.01242. Its Office of Airworthiness handles compliance for changes to type certified aircraft.

The company makes many types of product. Extrusions include more than 500 profiles in any colour, such as seat track capping, cable raceways, carpet joiners and kick strips. Moulded parts include escutcheons, fairings, end caps, light blanks and armpads, with tooling in about 15 days. Kits and assemblies include seat refresh trim kits, sidewall lens kits and plug in table kits. Vacuum formed parts include seat back tables, lavatory floor panels and galley and lavatory light lenses. Sheet metal and machined parts include galley turnbuttons, seat backs and in-arm tables. The company also supplies curtains, ropes, seat covers and carpets.

ACI says it manages a large UK base of expert manufacturers. It can supply high volume work and also low volume and bespoke items. It builds to its own designs or to customer data. All products can ship with a full UK CAA certification package and a UK CAA Form 1 release, or a certificate of conformity and fire test certificate. The company stocks standard Boeing and Airbus colours and can match any RAL or Pantone colour.

The maintenance service cleans, overhauls and repairs any aircraft interior component, including seats. It can return parts to service under the CMM or an approved repair scheme, with a short turnaround. Examples are armpad re-foaming, galley turnbutton refurbishment, seat overhaul and textile work.

The company runs flammability testing in house and with outside labs. It offers twelve tests, including vertical burn, heat release, smoke density and toxicity. It also gives Part 21J design organisation consultancy and training. The company has a part number search with more than 4,000 entries and brochures for download, including one for 787 products.

Services

• Aircraft interior design
• Extrusions
• Moulded parts
• Kits and assemblies
• Vacuum formed parts
• Sheet metal and machined parts
• Cabin textiles
• Interior component repair
• Seat overhaul
• Flammability testing