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Eclipse names second European Gold Service Center

By General Aviation News Staff · July 24, 2014 ·

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. (EAI) has expanded its international service center network for Eclipse 500 and Eclipse 550 twin-engine jets (pictured), adding General Enterprises as its second European Gold Service Center. General Enterprises will provide maintenance, inspections, parts and warranty support, as well as AOG services for Eclipse aircraft.

Based at Groningen Airport Eelde (EHGG) in Eelde, The Netherlands, General Enterprises has been a service center for single- and twin-engine piston aircraft since 1993, and has been servicing Eclipse aircraft since 2011.

Eclipse550web“We are excited to see the new Eclipse Jets flying across Europe,” said Henk Oosterveen, Maintenance Manager at General Enterprises. “We expect that, with the eminent arrival of EASA certification, there will be growth in the Eclipse fleet on the continent. We look forward to maintaining these new Eclipse Jets and being of service to their owners and pilots.”

General Enterprises joins the two Platinum Service Centers, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Chicago, Illinois, as well as four Gold Service Centers in Boca Raton, Florida, Friedrichshafen, Germany, Istanbul, Turkey, and San Diego, California.

General Enterprises is an EASA and FAA part 145 maintenance facility with an in-house avionics shop and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization, holding service centerships for all innovating aviation and avionics manufacturers. General Enterprises is located centrally in Europe at Groningen Airport Eelde, EHGG.

For more information: ECLIPSE.aero

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