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Inventory and Asset Management Using GA Telesis’ Adaptability and Global Reach / By Dave Dicken

Inventory management places one of the largest burdens on the aviation industry. Specifically, holding a robust spare parts inventory is a major facet in fleet reliability, but also in keeping the aircraft as technologically current as possible. As airlines progress towards fleet renewals, they look to modern technology to bring new life to their operations, through technology, cost savings, and passenger experiences. However, the fleet transition is often disconnected from the elements of the operation… Read more

Inventory Leasing and the Benefits / By Kevin Geissler

Read more about Inventory Leasing and the Benefits Five years ago, GA Telesis pioneered a breakthrough structure to offer airlines an alternative to inventory on its balance sheet. A quarter of a billion in transactions later – inventory leasing benefits still far outweigh the higher cost alternatives. Leasing has its perks, but with recent changes in accounting treatment, some airlines have shied away from it. However, these airlines are often looking at leasing as a… Read more

Life of a Landing Gear / By Pastor Lopez

Most people think that the most stressful moment of a landing gear is when the aircraft is taking off or landing. After all, that is when passengers realize the landing gear is their only physical connection to the ground. Indeed, taking off and landing are critical to flight safety, but the most stressful time of the landing gear is during pushback from the gate. During pushback, the aircraft is fully loaded and a tug operator is pushing… Read more

From Balsa to Bamboo – The Commercial Aviation Industry / By Abdol Moabery

The Commercial Aviation Industry and Its Significance I read once, the human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe. The question is whether this principle can be applied to a company or even an industry. There are certain companies and industries where this would not apply, but after decades of working in the very cyclical commercial aviation sector, I suggest that like bamboo, the market forces that drive… Read more

Trust in Data: Finding Ways to Benefit Our Customers / By Meghan Burgan

Over the last 20 years, one thing that remained constant in my various aviation roles is the recognized benefit from data utilization and analysis. Earlier in my career, I acquired in-depth knowledge of process modeling, change management, project management, and Six Sigma black belt practices. Through this type of development, I learned quickly that using data can move an organization forward with factual information rather than guesswork. Data can help us: Grow sales – Focus… Read more

Aircraft Valuations: What’s the Secret Sauce? / By Marc Cho

During an interview for a summer internship before my senior year at college, an investment banker asked me to sum up investment banking in one word. As a naive and uninformed undergrad, I didn’t have a good answer so I replied, “finance.” He told me the better answer was, “value”. He said the goal of any investment banker was to determine value – of a company, an asset, a contract, and anything else that can… Read more

Aircraft Financing Solutions / By Eric Dollman

GA Telesis is Uniquely Positioned to Provide Complete Aircraft Financing Solutions With more than 21,000 commercial (Boeing and Airbus) aircraft in service today and the long-term forecast for commercial aircraft demand continuing to grow, demand for aircraft financing is strong and expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. As a result, airlines and lessors alike require aircraft financing solutions to support their growing businesses. Those aircraft financing solutions are currently provided by a diverse… Read more

Innovations That Will Lead the Way in the Next Ten Years / By Pastor Lopez

If predicting the future was easy, or even possible, everyone would be a Mega Lotto winner. However, due to the natural progression of human advancement, we can predict that there will be new breakthrough technologies. Society will be in the midst of the next industrial and technological revolutions in the very near future, if not already. Aviation is a sector where one is able to see innovation over time. For instance, the B787 was the… Read more

The Runway to Building GA Telesis / By Abdol Moabery

When I founded GA Telesis I knew the direction I wanted to take the company. I never envisioned the company as a tool to create a job for myself, but rather something much bigger. I was also never that guy that always dreamed of being my own boss, being CEO yes, my own boss no. In fact, I have had some pretty great bosses and co-workers along the way and from each and every one… Read more

Follow Your Passion / By Mark Luginbill

There is the saying, “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” It sounds a lot like me because I feel blessed to have worked my entire career in the most exciting industry I can think of – aviation. As I reflect on my professional journey, I think of all the big and small influences that led me down this path. Growing up in a small Midwest town,… Read more