ASI Announces Acquisition of Business and Commuter Aircraft (BCA) Assets

Reims, May 7, 2021

With this acquisition, ASI Group strengthens its catalog of solutions and services for civil, state and military operators. Taking advantage of its new location at Paris Vatry international airport, ASI Group is creating a new MRO, avionics and services division for Beechcraft aircraft owners.

Already active in Beechcraft King Air fleets, both civil and government-operated, and offering leasing and purchase services for new and used aircraft, ASI's acquisition of Business and Commuter Aircraft has created a new international center of expertise for aircraft in this range.

With a 2,500 m2 hangar at Paris-Vatry international airport, ASI is able to welcome customers from all over Europe and Africa for maintenance and structural modifications. ASI Group specializes in the design, certification and implementation of modifications to transform conventional aircraft into aircraft adapted to specific missions:
   • POLMAR: maritime pollution surveillance
   • SURMAR: Maritime Surveillance
   • ISR: Missions Intelligence - Surveillance – Renseignement
   • Relay Platform: Hertzian or satellite relay, real-time signal retransmission
   • Special Missions: Specialized equipment for military missionsDe plus, ASI, en tant qu’atelier de maintenance PART-145, réalise toutes les opérations de maintenance courantes, programmées ou non, sur les appareils Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II et Beechcraft King Air.

ASI also has an integrated avionics workshop, specializing in the modernization of navigation equipment. ASI's teams have proven experience with the world's leading avionics manufacturers, including Garmin, Honeywell, Bendix-King, Collins, Sperry and many others. ASI handles the modernization of on-board avionics, installs integrated glass-cockpit solutions and handles repairs and calibration of analog and digital equipment, not to mention RVSM certification of aircraft and recurrent testing of avionics and barometric systems.
“Since its creation, ASI has acquired particular expertise in the F406, since we are the type certificate holder, and in the Beechcraft King Air family, which is widely acclaimed by many mission operators. The acquisition of BCA's assets is therefore a logical step for us. It enables us to strengthen our skills and our offering to operators of this type of aircraft, by providing them with a turnkey solution for their maintenance, modification, servicing and avionics-related needs. With a permanent base at Paris-Vatry international airport, our customers benefit from the customs, immigration and 24/7 accessibility services we lacked at Reims Prunay. With a total surface area of over 2,500 m2, our base can accommodate several aircraft at the same time, which means shorter intervention and maintenance times”, commented Jean-Pierre Kohn, CEO of ASI.

The ASI Group, headquartered in Reims near Paris, is a French group comprising two separate companies:
ASI Innovation, founded in 2010, is a design office specializing in the design, manufacture and certification of mission systems, cabin fittings and avionics installations.
Today, ASI Innovation is one of the few French groups to have obtained, from the highest European aeronautical authorities (EASA), the invaluable “DOA PART 21 J (Design Organisation Approval)” which enables it, with a constant concern for quality and seriousness, to certify to European as well as American authorities, all the tasks involved in the design, development and integration of complex systems on fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft.
In March 2014, ASI Innovation created ASI Aviation, in which it holds a 100% stake, with a view to taking over the assets of Reims Aviation Industries. 
ASI Aviation specializes in the development, production and marketing of aircraft, including the famous F406 (nearly 80 aircraft worldwide, including several operated as mission, surveillance and maritime patrol aircraft), cabin outfitting, mission systems integration and installation, spare parts production and aircraft maintenance. ASI Aviation thus has the industrial capacity to integrate mission systems designed by ASI Innovation into aircraft.