A little more than a decade after perestroika, interior completion and refurbishment companies in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are flexing some muscle and looking to the West for partners and clients as demand levels off in their home markets.Business aviation in the CIS is a relatively young phenomenon, with a history going back barely seven years. And so the list of interior specialists is likewise new, with only about 30 shops offering interior completion and refurb services and ranging from large facilities providing everything from aircraft maintenance to green cabin finish work. Of these, only four prominent companies are in a position to offer
turnkey service from design to installation–AKKO, InterAMI Interior, Kvand and Vemina-Aviaprestige. Along with Western firms, primarily from western Europe, they are competing fiercely for work on as few as 100 business aircraft in Russia. Because the business aviation market is relatively small, the most successful facilities are those with the skills and certification to build and install airliner interiors.
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