company traded as lse bba industry aviation founded 1879 headquarters london united kingdom key people michael harper chairman simon pryce ceo services flight support aftermarket services and systems revenue us 2 129.8 million 2015 1 operating income us 202.0 million 2015 1 net income us 83.1 million 2015 1 number of employees approx 16 000 2015 2 website www.bbaaviation.com bba aviation plc is a british multinational aviation services company headquartered in london united kingdom . bba aviation is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 fbo locations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by william fenton and walter cobbett in 1879 as a manufacturer of textile belting for machinery named w. wilson cobbett ltd. 3 in 1911 it was renamed scandinavia belting and in 1925 it became british belting & asbestos and then in 1967 bba group . 3 in 1986 it acquired apph a business specialising in landing gear . 3 it formed signature flight support in 1992 and in 1996 purchased trinity aerospace engineering . 3 then in march 1998 it acquired h s aviation from vector industries 4 and in december 1998 it acquired unc airwork corp a unit of unc inc in the us . 5 a major divestment came in 2000 when it sold its mintex brake pad division for 389m . 6 it also diversified into flight training in 2000 buying oxford aviation . 7 the following year it bought aircraft service international group of the us doubling the group s presence in the commercial ground handling market . 8 in 2006 bba demerged its materials technology division which developed and manufactured nonwoven materials used in the hygiene and medical markets and in numerous industrial applications and friction materials for train brakes the demerged business was named fiberweb plc. 9 it sold oxford aviation the following year 10 and bba group s name was changed to bba aviation in 2007 to mark its transformation to a focused aviation group . 3 then in 2008 it bought the assets of hawker beechcraft services inc s line service operations for 65.4 million . 11 in 2011 it bought ge aviation s fuel measurement business for 38.3 m and a new services base at bozeman in montana united states for 10.5 m. 12 in 2012 it purchased dryden air services and plh aviation in canada . this allowed entry into the canadian market . 13 operations edit bba aviation employs around 12 000 people at over 220 locations worldwide . 2 bba aviation is headquartered in london and has significant operations in the usa . in recent years the company has significantly expanded its operations in europe and extended its operations to asia south america and africa . bba aviation is organised into two main business groupings flight support and aftermarket services and systems . 14 fbo locations edit as of november 2014 update signature flight support offers fixed base operator fbo services including aircraft handling refuelling and passenger amenities for business and general aviation at many locations . 15 references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . bba aviation . retrieved 28 march 2016 . a b at a glance . bba aviation . retrieved 28 march 2016 . a b c d e bba aviation history bba group plc acquires h s aviation ltd from vector industries ltd . thomson m & a. 10 march 1998 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba group plc acquires unc airwork corp from ge . thomson m & a. 21 december 1998 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba sells brake pad division for 389m . the telegraph . 18 july 2000 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba buys training school . flight international . 7 march 2000 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba set to swoop on 25m barratt aviation . the telegraph . 12 august 2001 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . dewson andrew 18 november 2006 . market report bba continues to prove value of demergers . the independent . retrieved 2 may 2008 . bba aviation sells oxford airport . 20 july 2007 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba to buy hawker beechcraft assets . ib times . 22 february 2008 . retrieved 7 april 2012 . bba aviation eyes more buys after 88.6 m placing . the telegraph . 3 march 2011 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . canada united states asig closes purchase of plh aviation services and dryden air services mena report 1 september 2012 bba aviation our businesses retrieved 23 april 2013 locations . signature flight support . retrieved 23 july 2012 . external links edit bba aviation corporate website bba aviation yahoo financial profile v t e aerospace industry in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom manufacturing in the united kingdom companies current ad aerospace agustawestland airbus uk astrium satellites surrey satellite technology bae systems bae systems integrated system technologies bae systems military air solutions eurofighter gmbh 33 % mbda 37.5 % bba aviation boeing defence uk british airways engineering britten norman chemring group cobham cobham technical services euravia 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