TurbineAero

TurbineAero is an aerospace company in Chandler, Arizona that maintains, repairs and overhauls auxiliary power units, known as APUs. It also repairs APU components and offers APUs for lease, sale and exchange.

The company runs four facilities in the USA and Thailand. Its production space is larger than 65,000 square feet. Designated Engineering Representatives, called DERs, work on staff. The company also builds parts and supports repairs with its own engineering group.

TurbineAero has four main service areas: APU maintenance, repair and overhaul, component repair and overhaul, specialty coatings and processes, and APU lease, sale and exchange. Its component work covers complex fabrication, coatings and the assembly of line replaceable units, known as LRUs. The company lists nearly 2,000 LRU part capabilities, with testing and certification available. It also offers Parts Manufacturer Approval solutions to help customers cut cost.

Customers can buy new OEM parts, PMA replacement parts, DER repaired parts and parts as removed. The company also sells repaired and overhauled APUs and keeps more than 8,000 APU parts in stock. Lease units are available while an APU is in repair, and some lease units are for sale. Exchange units help customers cut downtime.

TurbineAero works on APUs for many airliners and military aircraft. These include the Airbus A300, A310, A318, A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340. They also include the Boeing 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 and 777, the DC-9, DC-10, MD-11 and MD-80, and the military C-17 and KC-10. The APU models include the Honeywell GTCP85, GTCP131-9, GTCP331, GTCP660 and TSCP700, along with the APS3200 and PW901.

The company began in 1977 as Tiernay Manufacturing and added repair and overhaul in 1978. It first overhauled environmental control units for Cobra helicopters for the US Army. In 1988 Alco Standard bought the overhaul business, which became part of Triumph Group in 1993. TurbineAero became a Factory Service Center for the GTCP660 in October 2000 and for the TSCP700 in October 2001.

Today TurbineAero has more than 45 years in aviation maintenance. It has serviced over 10,000 APUs and reports a 98% customer retention rate. It has won the Top Shop Best APU award five times. Its customers include commercial airlines and military operators, among them the US Navy and Air Force C9 programme.

Services

• APU maintenance, repair and overhaul
• Component repair and overhaul
• Specialty coatings and processes
• APU lease
• APU sale
• APU exchange
• LRU repair
• PMA parts
• DER repairs
• APU parts sales