Oakland's KaiserAir, Inc. Receives JAR-145 Certification As Maintenance Center for European Business Jets

The Joint Aviation Authorities, the European Union's equivalent of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, has authorized KaiserAir, Inc., a full-service aviation management company and fixed-base operator at Oakland International Airport, to perform maintenance and repairs on aircraft registered in its 19 member countries.

KaiserAir is the only maintenance center in Northern California with this designation, known as JAR-145. JAR-145 certificates are held by less than 5 percent of the maintenance facilities in the United States.

KaiserAir already is the only FAR 145 Class 4 maintenance facility in the San Francisco Bay Area that accepts transient aircraft on a regular basis. The only other Bay Area FAR 145 Class 4 facility, licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to perform a full range of services for jets, is the United Airlines Maintenance Center, also at Oakland International Airport. Technicians are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

JAR/Page 2 "We expect this new designation to be of major benefit to our European clients," said Sandy Waters, KaiserAir vice president. "This means that we can perform routine maintenance or a wide range of repairs while an airplane is parked here. This is far more convenient for the owner than waiting until he returns to Europe."

KaiserAir is a full-service management company and fixed-base operator at Oakland International Airport, specializing in the operation and maintenance of Gulfstream, Hawker, Cessna and other business jet aircraft.

Additional information is available on the Internet at www.kaiserair.com, or by telephoning Andrew Fitzgerald, vice president of maintenance, or Peter Friedman, chief inspector, at 510-569-9622 or drop-in@kaiserair.com

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