As an airline plans to downsize its fleet, Royal Aero purchases aircraft and engines that are surplus to the owners needs. Royal Aero has broad experience removing aircraft from operators in a manner that minimizes frustration and time for all parties as a result of Royal’s extensive knowledge of the aftermarket and the requirements therein, allowing for smooth handovers. Solutions involve outright purchase of assets immediately available for disposal or forward purchases where Royal Aero agrees to purchase assets in a given condition on a given date. A forward purchase provides the owners assurance that the aircraft will leave the fleet as soon as new aircraft are indoctrinated, eliminating any overlap in coverage and minimizing extra costs of fleet transitioning

Royal Aero’s aircraft leasing solutions provide operating leases of aircraft to commercial and freight operators around the globe. Assets are sourced through a variety of channels, and we offer both short-term and long-term leasing products. Whether we are originating a creative lease solution or acquiring aircraft already on lease, we target opportunities that can benefit both the operator as well as provide attractive investment returns for our investors.

SLB’s free up an owner’s capital that was previously tied up in older aviation assets, allowing them to fund other aspects of their business. As the aircraft coming out of the airline will generally be mid-life or older in nature, either through retirement or fleet transitions, Royal Aero’s flexibility provides the owners with a perfect phase out solution that has redelivery dates matching new aircraft deliveries with tailored return conditions and no onerous contractual obligations.

Royal Aero provides flexible engine leasing solutions to the market. In the case where an engine is needed for a short period to cover an unscheduled removal or similar instance, an engine lease is the best course of action. Royal Aero can provide lease engines to cover these needs, which also minimizes aircraft downtime and saves millions versus an unneeded and expensive engine shop visit. Medium to longer term leases are also available to suit the customer’s specific needs. With conservation of capital and efficient engine fleet management as a top priority, engine leases provide this flexibility, with zero residual value risk.

Royal Aero maintains a large inventory of material across all engine types to satisfy customer demand. The material is acquired from the acquisition and teardown of whole engines to the piece part level or, as required, from our suppliers.

Royal Aero are proud to consider themselves a “recycling” company, helping the aviation industry get the most out of their sunset fleets, via the USM market, for as long as possible, avoiding the production of new material at the expense of the environment.

We support Airlines and Maintenance and Repair Organisations (MROs) via sales of material to support engine overhaul programs and forward positioning of key items to keep aircraft flying that are AOG.

Repair and exchange of Royal Aero’s own inventory of engine materials, accessories and aircraft components.

Repair and management of customer consigned inventory to maximise the return for the customer.

Repair of our own and customer’s complete engines, managing them through the chosen MRO, and keeping costs and turnaround times under control.

Repair management on behalf of smaller airlines by simplifying their supplier base to one supplier and one shipment per week allowing our customers to focus on their core activities with low cost on material and manpower

Our powerplant specialists can perform a detailed evaluation of your engine or APU and utilising our in-house software can report on the condition of the engine and the predicted hours and cycles or ‘green time’ remaining. The next maintenance event date can be forecasted as well as the expected costs for that maintenance event.

These evaluation services are commonly requested for the following reasons:

• End of lease analysis
• Aircraft transition support
• Sales / purchase support
• Financial management

Our engineers will manage your asset through the maintenance event process to ensure it is processed efficiently and that your requirements are met. The large number and range of engines being managed by our team results in our unique insight into effective workscoping, managing lease agreement requirements, and MRO service provider pricing and performance. Utilising this information to the customers advantage, we can ensure that high quality maintenance is achieved, resulting in reliable on-wing performance at the best value.

We offer a range of services to provide comprehensive maintenance event management, including:

• Workscope creation and review
• Table inspection visit
• Scrap material review
• Invoice review
• Maintenance reserves reimbursement

We can provide supplementary and bespoke support services to provide additional value to our customers, including:

• Lease management support
• Fleet reliability reviews
• Maintenance cost reduction reviews
• MRO selection and negotiation
• Warranty claim management
• Engine type selection