Leonardo is strengthening the level of support and maintenance services offered to its customer base in South Africa with a new service center following the recent acquisition of Precision Aviation Services (Pty). The service center is located at Wonderboom Airport – Pretoria and comprises 2275 m² of floor space, 450 m² of workshop and storage, and an equivalent amount of office space.
The site had been operating as an Authorized Service Centre for Leonardo’s helicopters in the country over the last 25 years and is the first Leonardo Excellent Service Centre in the continent.
The facility includes maintenance hangars, a bonded warehouse, workshops and other services and provides maintenance, product support, and engineering services while reinforcing spares availability for a range of models including the AW119 single engine and AW109 light twin series, the AW Family including the AW139, AW169 and AW189, with the possibility to extend these capabilities to future products.
