Flight Support Services of Canada Ltd, Guelph, ON

Flight Support Services of Canada Ltd., based in Ontario, Canada, is a specialist in legacy aircraft support and aviation spares planning and optimization.

Founded in 1999, the company has managed commercial spares inventories and supplied parts to international and domestic airlines, defence organisations and maintenance facilities around the world, delivering a highly professional service to customers in the UK, USA, Middle East and beyond.

The company held continuous contracts with the UK Ministry of Defence and Marshall Aerospace for over ten years, supporting the Royal Air Force’s L-1011 TriStar tanker-transport fleet as the provider of aircraft and engine spare parts, until the aircraft’s retirement from service in 2014. Certified to AS9120a standard under ISO9001, the company delivered inventory planning, materials management, warehousing and distribution services from its base in Ontario, Canada, to the RAF TriStar fleet during intense operational service in a range of theatres, and inventory consignment services for a range of commercial customers worldwide.

Using it’s in-depth experience in delivering complex inventory management services Flight Support Services has invested in and now offers technology-led supply chain solutions supporting legacy aircraft in both the commercial and military environments though its subsidiary division First Echelon.

First Echelon means ‘first line of support’. It encapsulates our new brand proposition. Using the knowledge and expertise accumulated over many years as an inventory management company supporting legacy aircraft, our goal is to transform the performance and efficiency of the supply chain for older, hard-to-support aircraft types, in the second half of their operational life, all the way through to end of operational life.