Andair

Andair
Company typeLimited company
Founded1995
FounderAndrew Phillips
HeadquartersHavant, Hampshire, UK
Key people
Owen Phillips (director), Andrew Phillips (secretary)
RevenueIncrease £1.15m GBP (2019)
Number of employees
12
Websitewww.andair.co.uk

Andair Ltd is a British manufacturer of general, sport and civilian aircraft and related machinery based in Havant, Hampshire, England. It is a small family-run company with a dozen of employees and total assets £1.15 million. Founded in 1994 by father and son, pilots and engineers - Andrew Phillips (secretary, born in 1947) and Owen Hugh Phillips (director, born in 1975), the company was incorporated in 1995.[1] The company's business slogan is 'Andair - precision aircraft components'.

Manufacturing

Andair is a ISO 9001 manufacturer of fuel pumps and filters, fuel selectors, gascolators, check valves, extensions, oil/air separators, locking fuel caps. It is one of the key players in global fuel systems [2] and blast valves market.[3] The business is based in a modern industrial unit and operates a multitude of up-to-date CNC mills, assembly equipment and test rigs.[4] Their aircraft range is represented by three models - Vans RV6 G-GRIN, Vans RV7 G-RVTT and RV7 G-TERO.[5]

Products used in combat drones

After learning that their products were utilised to create combat drones, Andair announced the discontinuation of all sales to Baykar Makina, a subsidiary of Turkish defence company Baykar. In the press release made on 11 January 2021, the company cited being approached by Armenian Embassy on 2 November 2020 and its own investigation as the reason for this decision.[6] The British manufacturer became the latest company to stop selling equipment to Turkey after its components were found in drones shot down during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[7]

Clients

Having played a significant role in the design and manufacture of light aircraft fuel system components within the amateur-build aircraft sector, Andair has then established a significant presence in the commercial aviation market as well. Commercial clients include the American Cessna, Cirrus, Vans, Scaled Composites and Northrop Grumman, Canadian Bombardier, Austrian Diamond and Rotax, German Grob, Italian Tecnam, and Czech Sport Aircraft.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Andair Limited Overview". Endole. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Post-pandemic Era-Global Aviation Fuel Systems Market 2015-2026, With Breakdown Data of Capacity, Sales, Production, Export, Import, Revenue, Price, Cost and Gross Margin". Global Market Reports. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Competitive Analysis; Who are the Major Players included
  3. ^ "Global Blast Valves Market Report, History and Forecast 2019-2026, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application". DataIntelo. 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021. The key manufacturers in this market include
  4. ^ "Andair profile". Jsfirm.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021. The business is based in a modern industrial unit and operates a multitude of up-to-date: CNC mills, assembly equipment and test rigs.
  5. ^ "Andair Aircraft". Andair. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021. Andy is currently building his third aircraft, a Vans RV7, which both he and Owen will fly to the many aviation events that Andair attends over the course of the year
  6. ^ Phillips, Owen (11 January 2021). "Cessation of supply to Baykar Makina" (PDF) (Press release). Hampshire, UK: Andair. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021. After investigation, Andair immediately halted supply and cancelled all orders from Baykar Makina
  7. ^ "UK supplier stops sales of parts to Turkey's drone programme". The National News. The National (Abu Dhabi). 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021. Parts found in aerial weapons shot down during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  8. ^ "Commercial Aviation". Commercial Aviation. Andair. Retrieved 14 January 2021. Andair has now established a significant presence in the commercial aviation market as well.


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