Helicopters Bell adds first maintenance center in Europe

The first Authorized Maintenance Center for Bell helicopter is located in Warsaw Konstancin-Jeziorna in Poland. An agreement, signed by the manufacturer and the Polish company Aero Club, sees the center providing maintenance for the Bell 505 and Bell 407 helicopters.

Duncan Van De Velde, managing director at Bell Flight, commented: “We are excited to announce Bell’s first AMC in Europe [...] It’s important to ensure local support to our customers, and with this new Polish AMC, it provides Bell operators a sense of security that they can have maintenance or work performed on their aircraft that has been vetted and approved by Bell. We are glad Aero Club will be providing local maintenance and support to customers. This added support is in addition to the services Bell’s Prague Service Center offers for heavier maintenance needs.”

“We are proud to provide maintenance services for Bell,” addedJan Borowski, President of Aero Club and JB Investments companies. “It’s exciting to be a part of Bell’s AMC network and to continue its excellency of providing unmatched support and service to its Polish customers. We are confident that combining our sales efforts with professional technical support will result in growing the Bell fleet in Poland.”

In Poland, Aero Club is one of the largest maintenance centers and has been in the industry since its start of operations in 2001. Three years later, the company was granted maintenance organization Part-145, allowing the company to be a certified professional.

Aero Club offers a professional level of services and has been working with various types of aircraft for years. The company is a sister company with the same ownership as JB Investments, a Bell Independent Representative (IR) in Poland for nearly 15 years.

The experienced maintenance station is the perfect fit for Bell Helicopters, as it needs a reliable partner to perform maintenance for European Bell owners.

With the new AMC network, established by Bell, the manufacturer hopes ho enhance the local support for customers, so that a quick and efficient continuation of operations is guaranteed.

Bell Helicopters has delivered aircraft to customers around the world and is currently supporting customers in more than 50 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Russia.