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New Beechcraft Will Retain and Expand Services Division

By Mark Huber • Contributor

February 2, 2013

The downsized Beechcraft that is expected to emerge from bankruptcy protection at the end of this month will retain and expand its services division, two senior Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) executives told AIN. There are no plans at this time to spin off Hawker Beechcraft Services into a separately owned company.

“There is some confusion in the marketplace,” following the closure of three company-owned service facilities earlier this year in San Antonio; Mesa, Ariz.; and Little Rock, Ark., acknowledged Christi Tannahill, the company’s vice president of global parts and services. Tannahill said those closures were more a function of an efficiency realignment than anything specifically related to the bankruptcy, noting that the overall volume of Hawker Beechcraft Services business declined by only 5 percent in the past year. “It was more of a strategic decision,” she said.

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