Leading UK manufacturer of aviation ground support equipment, Newbow Aerospace, has topped off a record year of growth by achieving approved supplier status from Boeing.
In response to a significant uptick in demand for bespoke manufactured ground support equipment, supplied to more than 300 airline, airport and MRO customers worldwide, a record for the Redditch-based business, Newbow’s in-house team of fabricators and technicians delivered a productivity level which eclipsed the company’s best performance prior to the pandemic.
For the construction of the company’s signature wheel and brake change trailers and nitrogen/oxygen service carts, Newbow utilised more than 41,000kg of steel and calibrated more than 2,000 aircraft tyre pressure gauges.
With a strong order book for Q1 2024, Newbow’s supplier approval from Boeing will further strengthen the company’s reputation as a leading expert in ground support equipment manufacture and tyre pressure gauges, which began more than half a century ago, when the business was founded in 1964.
Commenting on the approval from Boeing and looking at the year ahead, Newbow Aerospace’s sales director, Marc Green, said: “The past twelve months for Newbow Aerospace has reflected the continued post-pandemic recovery in commercial aviation, supported by the forecast from IATA, suggesting that some 4.7 billion people are expected to fly this year, which exceeds the pre-pandemic level of 4.5bn in 2019. Coupled with discussions we’ve had with our customers both existing and prospective, we face 2024 with cautious optimism that this upward trend will continue.”