Chrono Aviation and WAAS benefit with a modern IT solution

benefits of using a modern M&E system to overcome the challenges of growth

In this case study, we want to share some thoughts on the growth of a business and how a system can help with that as well as help to improve the processes in the business. But, before that, readers will no doubt wish to know something about the business that is the subject of this case study.

Chrono Aviation Group

Chrono Aviation was launched in 2011 with one Pilatus PC-12 aircraft doing charter flights. The business then continued to grow the fleet with further aircraft for its 703 (nine passengers or less) and 704 (19 passengers or less) operations. In 2014, the business was further expanded with the addition of an MRO operation, WAAS Aerospace, and, later still, the launch of Chrono Jet, as a 705 operation which is more like an airline. The business acquired a De Havilland Dash 8 to start that operation and soon followed that with a Boeing 737. In 2018, Lux Ground Service was started as a ground services supplier. Today, the Chrono Group has some 300 employees and has operated approximately 60,000 flight hours over the past ten years.

Looking at WAAS, the business was created in 2014 with three employees and with the main purpose to supply Chrono Aviation with their avionic services; so, at the start, it was an avionics shop. Some three years later, a maintenance company was purchased in order to better serve Chrono Aviation aircraft. Late in 2018, a new facility was opened in order to support the newly arrived Boeing 737. With the support of staff, WAAS passed through COVID to now be stronger than ever but the business faces the same challenge as others in the MRO sector, which is to find people. WAAS has tried to be creative in dealing with this, working closely with technical schools and the immigration program. They recently partnered with several other companies, including Transport Canada and De Havilland, to work on the development of a hybrid engine.