World Aero

World Aero is an independent aircraft wheel and brake maintenance, repair and overhaul company in the United Kingdom. It also supplies rotables, tyres and AOG support to commercial airlines and corporate jet fleets around the world.

The company has supported the aviation industry since 1999. Its Part 145 facility holds CAA, FAA and EASA approvals. Engineers and technicians with long industry experience serve operators of all sizes. These include legacy airlines, low-cost carriers, maintenance providers, brokers, stockists and private operators.

World Aero repairs and services wheels, brakes and rotable landing gear parts from Collins Aerospace (formerly Goodrich), Honeywell, Meggitt (formerly ABSC and Dunlop), Parker-Cleveland and Safran (formerly Messier-Bugatti). It covers aircraft from large wide-body airliners to light corporate jets. Named makers include Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, ATR, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Cessna, Dassault and Hawker-Beechcraft.

The company splits its work into a commercial service and a corporate service. The commercial side covers wheel and brake repair and overhaul, plus sales, exchanges and tyres. The corporate side includes an AOG service for jets that are grounded. Customers can ask for a long-term wheel and brake programme or one-off help.

World Aero says its workshop is modern, clean and well laid out, with a large amount of specialist tooling. It keeps spare copies of all workshop equipment, such as bead-breakers and torque tools. Key areas, including NDT scanners and paint-removal blasters, have a third layer of backup. Since 2011 it has regularly overhauled up to one hundred wheels a week for one of Europe's largest airlines. The company says that airline has never returned a single unit under warranty.

Customers can pick from several pricing models. These are cost per aircraft landing, fixed price per event, labour only, and time and materials.

The company stresses that it is independent and not tied to one maker. It says OEM authorised shops can face pressure to favour the maker over the customer. It also says mixed fleets use wheels and brakes from several makers. World Aero is fully privately owned by its founder and chief executive. It says this keeps its business model flexible and its pricing competitive. The company has news, careers and an aerobatics section.

Services

• Wheel and brake repair and overhaul
• Rotable repair
• Aircraft tyres
• Parts sales
• Parts exchanges
• AOG service
• Corporate aircraft wheel and brake service
• Commercial aircraft wheel and brake service