Berry Aviation opens larger airport hangar

Berry Aviation, Inc. opened a 31,400-squarefoot maintenance hangar at San Marcos Regional Airport on Tuesday.

The larger maintenance space for Berry Aviation includes 19,300 square feet of aircraft maintenance area, a 3,500-square foot component repair and overhaul area and 2,800-square-foot parts department, which will allow for increased hands-on work and back shop support for component repair.

The hangar’s grand opening comes following the company’s 10 Federal Aviation Administration European Union Aviation Safety Agency Part 145 Class Ratings, which certifies that repair stations are authorized to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance and alterations on products that have an approved FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet or used on an aircraft with an approved TCDS.

“We’ve had a busy year gearing up for this maintenance hangar and our newly received Part 145 ratings,” said Stanley Finch, Berry Aviation president and COO, in a statement. “The overall increase in space is impressive and adds a significant boost to our productivity and efficiency. This new hangar adds enough aircraft capacity to give us an estimated 75% increase in hands-on maintenance work. That added productivity expands our ability to service company aircraft and additional commercial maintenance customers. The new hangar aligns well with our extensive list of advanced FAA Part 145 certifications, which is a significant advantage to the maintenance product we can supply customers worldwide.”

Finch added that the hangar improvements have increased Barry Aviation’s ability to add new repair capabilities by tenfold.

“That, coupled with the new certifications, allows us to operate on a much wider range of aircraft and parts,” Finch said. “Our maintenance organization is poised to contribute significantly to a dynamic 2020 and beyond.”

Founded in 1983, Berry Aviation expanded its services in 1987 by becoming a Department of Defense Commercial Airlift Review Board-approved air carrier with “worldwide operating authority providing specialty aviation services to various branches of the U.S. military and other U.S. government organizations,” according to the company.

Berry Aviation conducts operations with a fleet of more than 25 aircraft in the United States and outside the contiguous U.S., including Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Johnston Island, Afghanistan, Peru and Africa.