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GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE RECEIVES MAINTENANCE EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM NETJETS AVIATION ® FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
Gulfstream’s Dallas Service Center Recognized for Servicing NetJets’ G200 Business Jets
SAVANNAH , Ga. , Mar. 28, 2007 – For the second year in a row, the Gulfstream Service Center in Dallas has received an Outstanding Achievement Award for its excellence in base maintenance of the NetJets Aviation fleet of G200 aircraft. NetJets Aviation is a wholly owned subsidiary of NetJets Inc., a Berkshire-Hathaway company. NetJets Inc. provides private aviation solutions worldwide.
“We are honored to be recognized once again by NetJets Aviation with this award,” said Larry Flynn, president, product support, Gulfstream. “We thank them for their continued business and value their steadfast confidence in us as their maintenance provider of choice for their Gulfstream fleet. I also want to thank the team at our Dallas facility for all of their efforts.”
This year’s award recognizes maintenance performed on the 24 G200 aircraft in the NetJets Aviation fleet in 2006. Formerly called the Annual Performance Award, the Outstanding Achievement Award is based on established criteria for base maintenance events, including performance to plan, line retractions and three-cycle reliability.
John W. Greier, director of maintenance for NetJets Aviation, presented the award to Charles Celli, vice president and general manager, Gulfstream Dallas, and Mike West, Gulfstream director of NetJets Programs. Celli and West accepted the award on behalf of the 30-person, multi-discipline Dallas team that oversees the maintenance of NetJets’ G200 aircraft. “The dedication of your staff on the hangar floor is one of the primary drivers of your success,” Greier said to the Dallas maintenance team in attendance.
Gulfstream’s business relationships with the NetJets companies span more then two decades. In 1995, NetJets International, also a NetJets subsidiary, purchased its first Gulfstream business jet in a multi-aircraft contract for 20 Gulfstream IV-SPs (GIV-SP). NetJets as a whole currently operates more than 90 Gulfstream business jets in the United States and EuropeNOTE TO EDITORS
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced some 1,600 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150 ®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200 ®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350 ®; the large-cabin, long-range G450 ®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500 ® and the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550 ®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales ®. The company employs more than 7,900 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.
General Dynamics , headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 81,000 people worldwide and had 2006 revenues of $24.1 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information about the company is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.
