Fleet Care Program at Oberpfaffenhofen (Sonderflughafen) (EDMO)

Why does a fleet program make sense at Oberpfaffenhofen?

Oberpfaffenhofen is a Sonderflughafen—a special-use airport for aerospace industry and qualified business aviation only. Every business flight requires prior permission, and traffic is limited to aircraft between 2 and 25 tonnes MTOM, with exemptions for specific large-cabin types: Global, Falcon and Gulfstream series. If your fleet is based here, you already know the PPR drill; a fleet program extends that same pre-cleared rhythm to appearance work.

A twelve-month contract means we hold airside escort and stand allocation in advance, your service calendar is built around your flight schedule, and turnaround slots are reserved before you land. For fleets running tight European charters or back-to-back corporate legs, that predictability matters: no last-minute handler coordination, no waiting for an escort, no question whether the wash crew will be ready when you block in. One invoice covers all tails, one contact manages the calendar, and priority access applies to AOG requests when an aircraft needs an unscheduled decon or cabin recovery between trips.

What changes at Oberpfaffenhofen (Sonderflughafen) for appearance work?

The airport sits at 1,947 feet elevation, 22 kilometres west of Munich city centre, with a single 2,286-metre runway (04/22). Handling agents present at the airport include TRIWO Airport Services, the operator's own handling service. Because Oberpfaffenhofen hosts heavy MRO activity—General Atomics AeroTec Systems and an Aero-Dienst maintenance station both operate on the field—many aircraft sit in maintenance hangars rather than on the ramp, and stand availability is often driven by maintenance schedules rather than pure traffic flow.

For appearance crews, that means coordination with maintenance and with the handler to confirm stand access, GPU availability and water points. The field's PPR-only status and type restrictions mean traffic is predictable and ramp congestion rare, but every visit still requires pre-cleared airside access. A fleet program solves this: we hold standing PPR for service visits, coordinate with your maintenance provider when an aircraft is in for inspection, and schedule exterior work around weather windows rather than scrambling for a slot each time.

How does the service calendar work around our flight schedule?

At the start of the twelve-month program, we build a service calendar for each tail: quick turns after revenue legs, monthly interior deep-cleans during scheduled down days, seasonal exterior washes and a single-stage polish before peak charter season or your annual inspection. The calendar is shared with your ops team and updated as your schedule shifts—if a trip extends or a positioning leg changes, we move the service window and notify the handler.

Priority crew allocation means the same technicians work your fleet each visit, learning your cabin materials, your cheat-line profile, and any OEM quirks. Service history and photos are logged for every visit and available to your flight department; quarterly appearance reviews let us adjust the calendar if you add a tail, change your route structure, or want to bring forward the next brightwork session. The goal is to make appearance work invisible: it happens between legs, the aircraft is always ready, and you see one line item per month on the invoice.

What does the program include for each aircraft?

Each tail receives scheduled quick turns after flight legs—rinseless exterior wash, gear-bay wipe-down, cabin vacuum and galley clean—plus monthly interior deep-cleans covering all OEM surfaces, lavatories, carpet extraction and brightwork touch-up. Seasonal exterior work includes a full wet wash in spring and autumn, single-stage polish for the fuselage and nacelles, and leading-edge inspection for paint chips or bug strike. One annual session covers belly decon, winglet polish and a hydrophobic treatment refresh.

AOG requests—unscheduled decon after a diversion, cabin recovery after a spill, or a quick exterior wash before an owner leg—are covered under the priority allocation: we mobilise within four hours if the aircraft is on the ramp at Oberpfaffenhofen and airside access is available. The fixed monthly budget per tail number means no surprise invoices; if you need an extra service, we discuss it during the quarterly review and adjust the following period's calendar and cost.

How do you handle winter operations and de-icing coordination?

Southern Bavaria sees cold-soaked wings from December through February, and Oberpfaffenhofen's elevation means frost and freezing fog are common on early-morning departures. We do not provide de-icing fluid application—that remains with the handler and your flight crew—but we coordinate exterior wash timing to avoid adding moisture before a cold night, and we skip rinseless washes if the aircraft will sit overnight below freezing without hangar access.

If your fleet program includes winter months, we schedule the autumn exterior wash and hydrophobic treatment before the first frost, so water beads off rather than pooling on the fuselage. Cabin work continues through winter without restriction; interior deep-cleans and brightwork polish happen in the heated cabin with no-touch protocols around avionics bays and static ports. Pitot covers and inlet blankets remain your crew's responsibility, but we'll note their condition in the service photos and flag any wear during the quarterly review.

Who manages airside access and handler coordination at a PPR-only field?

We do. A fleet program at Oberpfaffenhofen means we hold standing airside passes, coordinate with TRIWO or your designated handler for stand allocation, and confirm GPU and water-point access before each visit. Because the airport requires PPR for every business flight and restricts traffic to qualified aircraft types, the handler already knows your tail numbers; we simply extend that coordination to the appearance schedule.

When an aircraft is in the maintenance hangar with General Atomics AeroTec or Aero-Dienst, we coordinate interior work with the maintenance team—cabin cleans and brightwork happen inside the hangar while avionics panels are open or engines are off-wing, so the aircraft is ready when the tech log is signed. If you're operating multiple tails, we stagger service visits to avoid tying up two stands simultaneously, and we'll shift a wash window if your positioning leg is delayed. One contact, one coordination chain, no radio calls from your crew asking where the wash team is.