Aerostar Puts Romanian Aerospace On The Map
Aerostar’s growth through contracts with Airbus has placed it among leading third-tier suppliers.

The builder of 1900 Yak-52s in the Soviet era and now a growing MRO specialist and aerospace parts manufacturer, Aerostar has put Romania on the industry map. Despite its home base in Bacau being situated at the outer reaches of the European Union, and with Romania becoming a member of the EU only in 2007, the company has wasted no time in getting fully involved in European aerospace and modernizing its facilities, as AIN discovered on a visit just before the Farnborough Airshow.

Alexandru Filip, director of business development, said Aerostar celebrated its 60th anniversary last year although it became a private company, listed on the Bucharest stock exchange, only in 1998. Since 1953, he said, it has overhauled 3,500 aircraft and 6,000 engines, more recently gaining approvals for Western types to become a narrowbody MRO specialist.