Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions

{{Short description|Aircraft company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions
AELS

| logo =

| type = Private limited company

| foundation = 2006

| coordinates =

| location = Twente Airport, Enschede, Netherlands

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Johan Vlastuin (CEO), Derk-Jan van Heerden (Founder)

| industry = Recycling

| homepage = {{url|http://www.aels.nl|Aels.nl}}

}}

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Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) B.V. is a company that disassembles and dismantles aircraft that are out of service or retired. The company is situated in at Twente Airport, in Enschede, Netherlands and has the ability to disasemble and dismantle aircraft worldwide.{{Cite web|title=Where You Can Buy Used Airplane Windows, Lights, Seats, Coffeemakers, Bathrooms and Other Parts|url=https://www.core77.com/posts/97647/Where-You-Can-Buy-Used-Airplane-Windows-Lights-Seats-Coffeemakers-Bathrooms-and-Other-Parts|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Core77|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=André Orban|date=2021-02-01|title=Brussels Airlines' last Airbus A330-200 on the way to Twente Airport, The Netherlands, to be dismantled|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/brussels-airlines-last-airbus-a330-200-on-the-way-to-twente-airport-the-netherlands-to-be-dismantled/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Aviation24.be|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|date=2012-11-14|title=Old airplanes find an afterlife as recycled resource|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/old-airplanes-find-an-afterlife-as-recycled-resource/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=www.euractiv.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=Storage Versus Part-Out In Europe {{!}} Aviation Week Network|url=https://aviationweek.com/mro/storage-versus-part-out-europe|access-date=2021-09-10|website=aviationweek.com}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-08|title=Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (AELS) acquires A319 from Bellinger Aviation for disassembly|url=https://newsroom.aviator.aero/aircraft-end-of-life-solutions-aels-acquires-a319-from-bellinger-aviation-for-disassembly/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=AVIATOR|language=en}}

The processes of AELS have been accredited by the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association in April 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.afraassociation.org/news.cfm?newsid=83 |title=April 20, 2010 |publisher=Afraassociation.org |accessdate=2011-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128094807/http://www.afraassociation.org/news.cfm?newsid=83 |archivedate=January 28, 2012 }}