Gama Aviation’s Staverton Base Adds H145 Mx Approval
Facility joins company’s maintenance operations in Norwich and Glasgow
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Maintenance for Airbus H145 helicopters is now available at Gama Aviation’s base at Gloucestershire Airport (EGBJ) in Staverton, UK. Gama Aviation acquired the former Specialist Aviation Services facility in February 2024, and it also has helicopter maintenance facilities in Norwich and Glasgow and a mobile service team.

The new maintenance approvals add the H145 to the facility’s existing maintenance services for Leonardo AW139 and AW169 helicopters. Along with Part 145 maintenance, the Staverton base holds Part 21 J and G design and production approvals and hosts a component paint shop. Gama Aviation is building a larger paint shop to open in the fourth quarter. Plans call for adding maintenance support for Airbus EC/H135 helicopters in the first quarter of next year.

“The addition of the [H145] adds a new level of support to our existing air ambulance clients and opens a new maintenance location for aircraft based in the southwest, Wales, and Midlands corridor,” said Paul Kinch, managing director of MRO. “Glasgow will operate as the primary location for aircraft based in Scotland and the north of England. We will, of course, load balance between the two to manage capacity.”