Irish aircraft maintenance specialist Dublin Aerospace is opening its first British base after taking over grounded airline Flybe’s servicing operations at Exeter Airport. Dublin Aerospace employs up to 450 people, including about 100 seasonal contractors, in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul at Dublin Airport and at a facility in Ashbourne, Co Meath. The company said on Tuesday that it had established Exeter Aerospace at the former Flybe Maintenance Services base at the airport in the southwest of England. Exeter Aerospace is seeking to “immediately” hire 100 aircraft mechanics, engineers and aviation professionals to work at the new facility. Dublin Aerospace already specialises in Boeing’s 737 aircraft and the Airbus A320 and A330 models.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2020 06:56 UTC