About Us
ACC COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH is a leading aircraft repair and maintenance organization for small, midsize and large cabin private aviation and transport category aircraft with major maintenance facilities at Hanover and Cologne/Bonn Airport, both being operable 24/7, as well as a satellite station for line maintenance in Paphos (Cyprus). Further supporting units are located in Wegberg, Mitterskirchen and Schwelm.
Aircraft maintained at our premium service centres at Hanover and Cologne range from smaller Cessna Citations, and Learjets upto larger Dassault, Embraer Gulfstream and Bombardier aircraft. Our locations in Wegberg, in Mitterskirchen and in Schwelm cover the entire bandwidth of sheet metal works and component repairs, such as milling, cutting and aviation welding services, minor modifications and huge structural repairs on virtually all types and makes of aircraft including production and prototyping of parts and components of various complexity.
The line maintenance station in Paphos (Cyprus) supports local customers, has eveloped an excellent reputation and fits perfectly into the ACC COLUMBIA network of locations.
We are a professionally competent and reliable partner and offer you a wide selection of services at affordable prices and in high quality. Our team is friendly and helpful at all times. We will help to support your aircraft operational plans with respect to all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements. We will maximise the availability of your aircraft whilst offering transparent and valuable services as a basic principle of our standard daily work. We promise to take care of your aircraft whilst you remain devoted to your daily business, knowing you are receiving the highest level of safety, the chance to decrease your maintenance costs, and, last but not least, the continued smooth operation of your aircraft. Our overall aim is to always look for the best solutions for our customers, for you!
Acting as honest and reputable businessmen is the basis of our existence.
Our History
1975
Foundation of TÜV Rheinland Luftfahrttechnik GmbH at Cologne/Bonn airport. The team was mainly focused on small piston engine powered aircraft.
1995
Renamed as AVIATION CENTER COLOGNE Flugzeugwartung GmbH (ACC). This was the beginning of the company’s expansion to what it is today. The first maintenance services were offered to Bombardier Learjet and Challenger Series and in the following years we managed to receive EASA Part 21 Design Organisation, Part 145 Maintenance Organisation and finally Part M Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation approvals.
2009
AVIATION CENTER COLOGNE Flugzeugwartung GmbH merged with COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH, which had been founded just the same year to become ACC COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH. As a result the maintenance services could be further extended to IAI Astra / G 100, Gulfstream G 150 and G 200. The newly built Hangar 16 at Hannover Airport went into operation and became ACC COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH’s second base maintenance facility. In order to cover permanently changing customer needs we succeeded in extending our maintenance approval to Bombardier Global Series and Embraer Legacy 600/650 aircraft.
2012
After the acquisition of the former Flugzeugreparaturen Ralf Kohnen GmbH we established our sheet metal shop called ACC COLUMBIA Support and since then we are able to offer sheet metal modifications and structural repairs as well as labor assistance for major projects.
2016
As part of our continuous growing network we further extended our services by establishing our Interior Refurbishment shop ACC COLUMBIA Interior in Erfurt and since then heavy maintenance checks are accompanied by our interior experts and aircraft downtimes are utilized to further improve the aircraft’s appearance.
2018
We received the “Honeywell EMEAI Channel Partner of the Year – Award”.
2020
As part of our continuous growing network we further extended our services by purchasing the sheet metal shop Broken Wings located in Mitterskirchen, Bavaria. The location will be part of our branch ACC COLUMBIA Support and will further increase our capacity in sheet metal repairs.
2021
To allow us to focus on our continued growth in aircraft maintenance and repair, we have agreed to entrust control of our interior refurbishment unit to our long term partner F/List Germany.
GOMOLZIG Aircraft Services GmbH merged with ACC COLUMBIA Jet Service GmbH in December. ACC COLUMBIA – Support has thus gained the new location in Schwelm for sheet metal works and component repairs. Furthermore the acquisition also gives ACC COLUMBIA a wealth of knowledge in the field of design. Former Design Organization of GOMOLZIG Aircraft Services GmbH will become the new department of ACC COLUMBIA Design.
Our Policy
Our vision
By constantly developing and improving our long lasting experience, by continual pursuit of perfection and excellence as well as by the use of innovative solutions we aim to be among the leading and most accepted worldwide providers of maintenance services and modification works for business- and ambulance aircraft.
Our mission
We want to perform our services in best quality and with highest safety standards in time, economically and environmentally sound in accordance with international and national laws as well as in line with industry standards and regulations. Our overall aim is to meet and exceed our customer’s expectations at any time.
Our strategy
We invest in the education of our personnel and in our excellently equipped facilities. We maintain premium aircraft being manufactured by Bombardier, Gulfstream, Cessna, Embraer or Dassault. We strive towards a Service Center status. We want to offer favorable and competitive services. We want to respond quickly and flexible to our customers’ demand. With stable growth we strengthen our profitability as well as our liquidity and finally secure the existence and the permanent development of our company.
Our values
We emphasize well educated personnel always being friendly and open minded towards each other as well as towards our customers and suppliers. We emphasize precise cooperation through team work and active communication of experience and expertise. We maintain an open and cooperative dialogue with our customers, with our suppliers and with public authorities. Prudence, reliability, punctuality and accuracy are important for us. We support and boost our personnel’s own initiative. Success through Performance – Responsibility – Fairness.