Membership
About Us
Experienced Professionals
Our team has a wealth of experience in both commercial and business aviation from the manufacturer's and operator's perspective.
We can assist you with new and used aircraft leases and purchase negotiations, aircraft acceptance, aircraft returns, and contract support.
Aviation Industry Support
Aircraft Transition
- New and Used Airliners & Business Jets
- Purchase and Lease Agreement Negotiations
- Lease Compliance Verification
- Redelivery Support
- MRO Contract Negotiations, Management, & Oversight
- Export/Import/Airworthiness Certification
- Special Flight Permits & Ferry Flights
On Site Inspection
- Technical Representation
- Aircraft Inspections
- On Board Acceptance Flight Observation
- Airline and Aircraft Operational Evaluations
- M&A Due Diligence
Training/Speaking Engagements
- Technical Lease Language Overview
Industry Experience makes the difference
- Our consulting team has held executive positions with domestic and international airlines, major airframe manufacturers, and large consulting groups that support the aircraft leasing, financial, and operator communities.
- Members of our team have held key roles in new aircraft purchase agreements from Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, and Embraer representing operators adding aircraft and engines to their fleet and manufactures marketing, selling, and supporting new aircraft.
- Our team has delivered more than 70 new aircraft directly from factories throughout the world and delivered/redelivered hundreds of used aircraft.
- Our first hand experience will assist you with the planning, evaluation, and execution of your lease returns to optimize lease agreement terms and residual values.
Leadership
Bruce Burnett - Managing Director
Bruce Burnett recently launched Aviation Business Consulting to support the aviation community with technical services expertise. Utilizing over 37 years of experience in the commercial aviation industry, Bruce has held positions in Maintenance, Flight Operations, Finance, and Customer Services with two major aircraft manufacturers and three major airlines.
Additionally, Bruce served as Senior Vice President – Technical Services at AVITAS, Inc’s where he was responsible for the Technical services, including consulting, aircraft transitions, inspections, and technical management of aircraft. Bruce and his team provided banks, leasing companies, airlines, law firms, and other industries in the aviation sector with technical support including lease language assessment, lease negotiations, aircraft redeliveries, aircraft inspections, Merger and Acquisition due diligence, and other technical consulting.
Prior to AVITAS, Bruce held leadership positions with Airbus Americas’ as Head of Commercial Procurement where he re-engineered the procurement process, developed procurement marketing and country sourcing strategies, and supported Airbus sales campaigns. Bruce also worked in the Customer Services Business Strategy department in Toulouse and as a Customer Support Director at Airbus Americas where he served the liaison role between Airbus Americas and their airline customers.
Before his tenure at Airbus, Bruce held the Director of Engineering position at US Airways (and America West Airlines) with responsibility for the aircraft acquisition and return group. Bruce also worked in the airline’s Finance, Flight Operations and Technical Services departments. Early in his aviation career, Bruce held positions at United Airlines and in the Customer Services division of Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group.
Bruce graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Aeronautical Science and received another Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seattle University. Bruce is a pilot with an Airline Transport Pilots Certificate and has several thousand hours of flying time in general aviation, Boeing, and Airbus aircraft. Bruce and his wife, Catherine, live in Leesburg, VA.
