VAS Aero Services, a global leader in aviation logistics and aftermarket services, and British Airways Engineering, a leading provider of Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) services and part of the International Airlines Group (IAG), have announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year strategic aftermarket alliance. The two-way partnership spans inventory warehousing and distribution, repair services and aircraft tear-down. British Airways will now have immediate and direct access to available VAS-controlled parts and materials not currently in the British Airways inventory. In exchange, British Airways will provide its excess inventory of serviceable parts for VAS to market across its worldwide aftermarket distribution network. Furthermore, British Airways will become the preferred provider of MRO services to VAS, using the expertise in its workshops to overhaul components.
Under the terms of the agreement, VAS will move its European inventory into the British Airways London-Heathrow facility. By leveraging the British Airways world-class warehousing capability, VAS will enhance its global distribution and freight dispatch capability. VAS’s European sales and operations headquarters will also be relocated to the Heathrow facility.
