Andair
{{short description|British aviation products manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Andair
| logo = Logo_of_Andair.png
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| type = Limited company
| fate =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| founder = Andrew Phillips
| defunct =
| foundation = 1995
| location = Havant, Hampshire, UK
| key_people = Owen Phillips (director), Andrew Phillips (secretary)
| num_employees = 12
| revenue = {{profit}} £1.15m GBP (2019)
| homepage = {{url|www.andair.co.uk}}
}}
Andair Ltd 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 in 1994 by father and son, pilots and engineers - Andrew Phillips (secretary, born in 1947) and Owen Hugh Phillips (director, born in 1975), the company was incorporated in 1995.{{cite web |url=https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/03040362-andair-limited?page=overview |title=Andair Limited Overview |publisher=Endole |accessdate=2021-01-14 }} The company's business slogan is 'Andair - precision aircraft components'.
Manufacturing
Andair is a ISO 9001 manufacturer of fuel pumps and filters, fuel selectors, gascolators, check valves, extensions, oil/air separators, locking fuel caps. It is one of the key players in global fuel systems {{cite news |url=https://www.globmarketreports.com/industry-reports/63911/Aviation-Fuel-Systems-market |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629163303/https://www.globmarketreports.com/industry-reports/63911/Aviation-Fuel-Systems-market |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 June 2022 |title=Post-pandemic Era-Global Aviation Fuel Systems Market 2015-2026, With Breakdown Data of Capacity, Sales, Production, Export, Import, Revenue, Price, Cost and Gross Margin |work=Global Market Reports |date=2021-02-08 |accessdate=2021-02-13 |quote=Competitive Analysis; Who are the Major Players included }} and blast valves market.{{cite news |url=https://dataintelo.com/report/blast-valves-market/ |title= Global Blast Valves Market Report, History and Forecast 2019-2026, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application |work=DataIntelo |date=2019|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210213131728/https://dataintelo.com/report/blast-valves-market/ |archivedate=2021-02-13 |accessdate=2021-02-13 |quote= The key manufacturers in this market include }} The business is based in a modern industrial unit and operates a multitude of up-to-date CNC mills, assembly equipment and test rigs.{{cite web |url=https://www.jsfirm.com/Andair+/Hampshire,+England+United+Kingdom-International/14413/companyprofile |title=Andair profile |work=Jsfirm.com |date= |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210207142014/https://www.jsfirm.com/Andair+/Hampshire,+England+United+Kingdom-International/14413/companyprofile |archivedate=2021-02-07 |accessdate=2021-02-07 |quote=The business is based in a modern industrial unit and operates a multitude of up-to-date: CNC mills, assembly equipment and test rigs. }} Their aircraft range is represented by three models - Vans RV6 G-GRIN, Vans RV7 G-RVTT and RV7 G-TERO.{{cite web |url=http://www.andair.co.uk/about/aircraft/ |title=Andair Aircraft |publisher=Andair |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210128175515/http://www.andair.co.uk/about/aircraft/ |archivedate=2021-01-28 |accessdate=2021-01-28 |quote=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}}
=== Products used 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 on 2 November 2020 and its own investigation as the reason for this decision.{{cite press release |url=http://www.andair.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cessation-of-supply-to-Baykar-Makina.pdf |title=Cessation of supply to Baykar Makina|last=Phillips |first=Owen |location=Hampshire, UK |publisher=Andair |date=2021-01-11 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210114003850/http://www.andair.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cessation-of-supply-to-Baykar-Makina.pdf |archivedate=2021-01-14 |accessdate=2021-01-14 |quote=After investigation, Andair immediately halted supply and cancelled all orders from Baykar Makina }} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/uk-supplier-stops-sales-of-parts-to-turkey-s-drone-programme-1.1146306 |title=UK supplier stops sales of parts to Turkey’s drone programme |work=The National News |publisher=The National (Abu Dhabi) |date=2021-01-14|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210116162447/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/uk-supplier-stops-sales-of-parts-to-turkey-s-drone-programme-1.1146306 |archivedate=2021-01-16 |accessdate=2021-01-16 |quote=Parts found in aerial weapons shot down during Nagorno-Karabakh conflict }}
Clients
Having played a significant role 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 the American Cessna, Cirrus, Vans, Scaled Composites and Northrop Grumman, Canadian Bombardier, Austrian Diamond and Rotax, German Grob, Italian Tecnam, and Czech Sport Aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.andair.co.uk/commercial-aviation/ |title=Commercial Aviation |work=Commercial Aviation |publisher=Andair |accessdate=2021-01-14 |quote=Andair has now established a significant presence in the commercial aviation market as well. }}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.andair.co.uk}}
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Category:Aerospace companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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