Fokker Services Group (FSG) is at EBACE having recently been named an approved outfitter by Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ), opening the company to new VIP conversion work from the European manufacturer.

At the same time, FSG, which offers a range of aftermarket services, has been rapidly expanding, particularly in the Netherlands and USA.

“We have a waitlist for VIP conversions,” says FSG global events manager Pauline van Niekerken. “We have requests for the big airplanes – the A330.”

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Fokker Services Group global events manager Pauline van Niekerken

The latest deal is noteworthy in making FSG among five firms globally approved by ACJ as an outfitter of Airbus aircraft, says FSG sales director for VVIP aircraft conversions and completions Boaz Bal. The others are AMAC Aerospace, Comlux, Lufthansa Technik and Jet Aviation.

The designation means ACJ can hire FSG to perform cabin completions on “green” jets, including ACJneos – based on A320neo-family aircraft – and ACJ330s. “The magic happens primarily inside the aircraft,” Bal says.

Meanwhile, FSG is in expansion mode, having in 2023 opened a new VIP conversion hanger in Woensdrecht in the Netherlands. It is now building a second hangar at the same site for helicopter work and plans further expansion there.

In April, FSG finished modernising a component MRO facility near Amsterdam Schiphol airport, and in 2024 opened in the US state of Georgia a second repair shop for integrated drive generators.

“Ever since we acquired [FSG] in 2021, we’ve been growing the business. It’s now twice as big as when we bought it,” says FSG co-chief executive Roland van Dijk, noting the firm employs roughly 1,000 people. 

FSG traces its roots to Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, which failed in 1996. Fokker’s services and aerostructures business survived, initially under the name Fokker Technologies, which GKN acquired ten years ago. In 2021, Panta Holdings acquired two Fokker businesses from GKN – Fokker Services and Fokker Techniek – to form FSG. 

The company owns Fokker aircraft type certificates and supports about 100 in-service Fokkers, including F70s and F100s, says van Dijk. That work generates only about 10% of FSG’s revenue, with the balance coming from a broader services business that includes component repair, airframe maintenance, parts supply and engineering.