Jade Air PLC - Company History
Jade Air was founded in 1985 by Derek Graham the former Managing Director of Southern Air and in 1988 purchased the assets and ongoing business of Keeler Air Transport to create Jade Air Engineering Ltd.
In 1989 Jade Air purchased the assets and ongoing business of ‘Norvic’ Aero Engines Ltd established since 1973 in Aero Engine and Component overhaul. In 1993 Jade Air became one of the first companies in the UK to be granted a JAR 145 approval (now EASA 145).
In 1995 the assets and ongoing business of the Rollason Engine Company were acquired and in 1996 the engineering activities of the group were merged into a single company Jade Air plc with a single approval CAA/00080 ( now EASA UK.145 00080)
In 2001, the Norvic Engine Division took over No.4 Building at Levellers Lane In August 2002 Jade Air plc opened a 10,000sq ft Maintenance Base at Thruxton Airfield.
In May 2003 Jade Air plc was appointed as Superior Air Parts´ exclusive European Build Centre.
Experience, training and a stable workforce, are the keys to a successful engine and aircraft maintenance operation and Jade Air hits all the right buttons in all three areas. The total company service of our staff comes to nearly two hundred years, the average is over ten years and our five senior managers have all been with the company for between ten and twenty years.
Except for external courses in certain specialised processes we train all own staff and with two father and son and one husband and wife combination on staff, knowledge is very definitely kept "in the family" in the literal as well as the figurative sense.
Long term relationships are also a feature of our work for customers. We have contracts that have been in place for period of up to13 yrs with large Flying schools, major Helicopter operators, and Scheduled service airlines, all of whom appreciate the full scale service offered by Jade Air in a highly competitive industry. These aviation professionals form experience that the cheapest engine is not the one that costs the least to overhaul or repair but the one that provides the lowest cost per hour of flight or month of ownership.
With the best warranties in the world for our class of engines, Jade Air aims above all else to provide the customer with reliability and service.