In March 2023, TP Aerospace embarked on a journey to establish an additional wheel and brake maintenance and warehouse facility in Brisbane, Australia. After the final audit, the new facility is officially open. In January 2024, the facility in Brisbane passed the final audit and received approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The audit was successfully completed by CASA on January 17, 2024, with no findings, and subsequently the CASA certificate of approval was issued on the January 24, with the team ready to start production.
The first wheel was completed and released to service on February 6, 2024, and since then, activities have increased at the Brisbane facility with more and more wheels being serviced. “There are still some minor adjustments required to the setup and processes, however the team and the facility will only grow from here and we look forward to adding more customers in the future,” commented Regional COO of Oceania, Peter Luthaus.
In the second quarter of 2023, TP Aerospace signed a new five-year exclusive agreement with long-time customer, Virgin Australia, covering the full fleet of 737NG and 737MAX aircraft.
Virgin Australia has been partnering with TP Aerospace since 2016, when the company first entered the Australian market with a facility in Melbourne. The new facility in Brisbane is the company's second establishment in Australia and is a key to supporting the expansion of the partnership with Virgin Australia while also catering to other customers in the region.
