For fifty years ADAC Luftfahrt Technik (ALT) has been specialising in helicopter and components service and maintenance. Founded as “Air Lloyd” in 1963, ALT moved to new premises at Bonn-Hangelar aerodrome in 1970. In the early sixties, the company’s profile changed from it formerly mainly being an agrarian aviation company to ADAC Luftrettung’s partner. To begin with, ADAC Luftrettung took a share in the company in the early nineties to then completely take over the aviation engineering operation in1996.
Ever since 1996, the company has been continuously expanding and, meanwhile, has more than tripled its turnover. To date, ALT’ maintenance premises have approx.130 employees. ALT, with the Hangelar parent company and branches at Landshut and Halle-Oppin, provides nationwide service. International customers also increasingly trust in ALT’s specialist know-how and reliability. ALT’s pronounced goals are high quality helicopter service at stable or decreasing DMC’s and doing the utmost to keep customer’s helicopters ready-to-operate.
As certificated maintenance company according to EASA Part 145, aviation engineering organisation according to LuftGerPV and development company according to EASA Part 21, ADAC Luftfahrt Technik offers numerous additional services to the core business such as gloss coating or small and significant modifications of helicopters’ equipment. Such services are in demand as supportive merit for helicopter sales.
Amongst others, ADAC-Luftrettung, ANWB Medical Air Assistance (NL), the German Federal Police’s aviation unit, several police helicopter-squadrons of the German Federal States as well as national and international aviation companies and private helicopter owners rank among the well-known clientele.
Highly qualified and motivated employees, around 30 of whom are certified to approve according to Part 66, B1 and B2, ensure that ADAC Luftfahrt Technik’s customers can always safely take their helicopters up into the air.
