Andair

Andair Limited is a British manufacturer of general, sport and civilian aircraft and related machinery based in Havant, Hampshire, England. It is a small family-run company with a dozen of employees and total assets £1.15 million . Founded by father and son Andrew Phillips (secretary, born in 1947) and Owen Hugh Phillips (director, born in 1975) - pilots and engineers, the company was incorporated in 1995.[1]

Andair
TypeLimited company
Founded1995
FounderAndrew Phillips
HeadquartersHavant, Hampshire, UK
Key people
Owen Phillips (director), Andrew Phillips (secretary)
Revenue £1.15m GBP (2019)
Number of employees
12
Websitewww.andair.co.uk

Manufacturing

Andair manufactures fuel pumps and filters, fuel selectors, gascolators, check valves, extensions, oil/air separators, locking fuel caps. Their aircraft range is represented by three models - Vans RV6 G-GRIN, Vans RV7 G-RVTT and RV7 G-TERO.[2]

Clients

Having built good reputation in the design and manufacture of light aircraft fuel system components within the amateur-build aircraft sector, Andair has then established a significant presence in the commercial aviation market as well. Commercial clients include: American Cessna, Cirrus, Vans, Scaled Composites and Northrop Grumman, Canadian Bombardier, Austrian Diamond and Rotax, German Grob, Italian Tecnam, and Czech Sport Aircraft.[3]

Products use in combat drones

After learning that their products were utilised to create combat drones, Andair announced the discontinuation of all sales to Baykar Makina - a subsidiary of Turkish defence company Baykar. In the press release made on 11 January 2021, the company cited being approached by Armenian Embassy in UK on 2 November 2020 and company's own investigation as the reason for this decision.[4] The British manufacturer became the latest company to stop selling equipment to Turkey after its components were found in drones shot down during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[5]

References
  1. "Andair Limited Overview". Endole. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  2. "Andair Aircraft". Andair. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-28. Andy is currently building his third aircraft, a Vans RV7, which both he and Owen will fly to the many aviation events that Andair attends over the course of the year
  3. "Commercial Aviation". Commercial Aviation. Andair. Retrieved 2021-01-14. Andair has now established a significant presence in the commercial aviation market as well.
  4. Phillips, Owen (2021-01-11). "Cessation of supply to Baykar Makina" (Press release). Hampshire, UK: Andair. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-14. After investigation, Andair immediately halted supply and cancelled all orders from Baykar Makina
  5. "UK supplier stops sales of parts to Turkey's drone programme". The National News. The National (Abu Dhabi). 2021-01-14. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-16. Parts found in aerial weapons shot down during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict


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