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Flightstar Receives Award from Precision Conversions for a 757-200PCF Conversion

Dépèche transmise le 14 juillet 2009 par Business Wire

Flightstar Receives Award from Precision Conversions for a 757-200PCF Conversion

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flightstar Aircraft Services (Flightstar), a leading provider of heavy aircraft maintenance and modifications, is pleased to announce that it has received an award from Precision Conversions to convert a B757-200 from passenger to freighter configuration for a Chinese carrier. The aircraft modification has already started and will be completed in November. This award marks the 16^th aircraft that Flightstar will be converting for Precision Conversions.

Jerry Hernandez, Flightstar’s President stated, “In our business, we are fortunate enough to have a global customer base which allows us to keep our business stable even during tough economic times.”

Flightstar began converting B757-200 aircraft for Precision Conversions in November of 2006 with the commencement of a seven aircraft conversion agreement and has since continued to serve Precision Conversions’ modification and maintenance requirements for additional customers worldwide.

About Flightstar

Based at the Cecil Field Commerce Center in Jacksonville, Florida, Flightstar Aircraft Services, Inc. (www.flightstarjax.com ) is a leading provider of heavy maintenance and inspection services as well as modification services for narrow body air transport category aircraft. The company specializes in Regional Jet, MD80, DC9, B727, B737 and B757 aircraft. Services include all levels of scheduled maintenance from daily line checks to heavy depot level maintenance. Additionally the company provides engine changes, complete avionics modifications, structural modifications and upgrades, reduced noise level modifications and passenger-to-freighter conversions. Flightstar is an FAA approved repair station (certificate # FOTR986N).