Aviation Africa: C&L Aviation open new warehouse in Johannesburg

The provider of services, maintenance, and operator supporting support in the corporate and regional aviation industry, used Aviation Africa 2024 as a platform to talk about its new facility and expansion into the region.

“The new warehouse is strategically located between the two major airports in Johannesburg and is a convenient shipping hub for customers in the African region,” said Timothy Semetsing, regional sales manager, Africa.

“The facility will support our established sales team in Africa and will initially house inventories for ERJ 135/145, and ATR 42/72, which will expand into other aircraft types as demand dictates.”

Martin D.Cooper, senior vice president, sales, added: “All the airlines that we've talked to in the region are very excited. This new warehouse location allows us to more quickly support our customers in Africa.

“It was pretty evident that Africa was always going to be a good market for us, because of the aircraft types that fly here and the aircraft types that we support. We realised that none of our competitors have an inventory here like we offer. And, it's a very unserved market when it comes to inventory, so we feel we have an advantage in a continent we strongly believe in.”

Cooper said the warehouse should become fully operational next month.