Ferry Flight Services
Safe, Professional & Regulated Ferry Flight Services
Leaders in Providing Flight Operations Solutions
Spectrum Aviation Services is a reputable, trusted and professional provider working for clients across the globe. All our services have been built around our clients' needs and can be customised, ensuring that we exceed expectations with each collaboration.
We pride ourselves on our highly experienced and skilled workforce. Our around-the-clock communication and dedication ensures we are with you every step of the way. We not only meet the needs of clients, we strive to exceed them — safely, efficiently, and cost effectively.
Our Services
Ferry Flight Services
With care and control of all operations, we organise, ferry and deliver aircraft safely, efficiently and cost effectively.
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Flight Support Services
Flight planning and dispatch, overflight and landing permits, fuel, ground handling, slots and crew — arranged in-house and billed as one.
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Demonstration & Check Flights
Showcasing the handling and performance of your aircraft — and flying the post-maintenance check flights that return it to service.
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Observer Pilot Services
We provide professional and highly-trained observer pilots, essential for ensuring the success and safety of your mission.
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Flying Spanner & Technical Support
Licensed engineers travelling with your aircraft, plus full technical and AOG cover — delivered through our EASA Part-145 sister company, Spectrum Technics.
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Aircraft Management
Operations, crew and airworthiness under one group. For owners who would rather hand the whole thing to one team, we can look after it.
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We specialise in ferry flight operations, holding operator licences and validations across the authorities below — so your aircraft can be moved under the right approval, on its own register, rather than waiting on someone else's.
We Fly It.
We Also Maintain It.
Spectrum Aviation Services provides flying spanner cover and full technical support through our sister company Spectrum Technics, an EASA Part-145 and Part-CAMO approved organisation. One group, one point of contact, for both the operation and the airworthiness of your aircraft.
Flying Spanner
A licensed engineer travels with the aircraft, handling pre-flight checks, transit inspections and en-route rectification at every stop.
EASA Part-145 & Part-CAMO
Certifying cover and continuing airworthiness management from an approved organisation, not a subcontracted unknown.
AOG Response
If the aircraft goes tech away from base, the same group that planned the flight fixes it — no second supplier to appoint mid-trip.
Why Spectrum Aviation Services
Global Reach
We work for clients across the globe, moving aircraft between continents and coordinating permits, handling and fuel at every point on the route.
Around-the-Clock Communication
Our dispatchers and flight followers stay with the operation from commencement planning until the aircraft arrives safely at its final destination.
Experienced, Skilled Workforce
Top-tier pilots, professional dispatchers and flight planners drawn from military, commercial and general aviation backgrounds.
In-House Managed
Route analysis, flight planning, crew provision, ground handling and fuel are planned, managed and executed in-house — not brokered on.
Cost Under Control
A Pro-Forma Invoice before the operation starts and a single detailed invoice on completion. No surprises after the aircraft lands.
Technical Cover Included
Flying spanner and AOG support available through our EASA Part-145 sister company, Spectrum Technics.
The People Behind Your Operation
You deal directly with the people running your operation — the same team quotes the trip, files the plan, and follows the aircraft until it is safely on the ground.
Shane Pollard
Managing Director & Director of Operations
Leads Spectrum Aviation Services from the Dublin office and carries responsibility for how every operation is planned and delivered.
CONNECT ON LINKEDINLuis Sebastian Pire Boada
Commercial Manager — Group
Handles commercial matters across the group, shaping each proposal around the aircraft, the route and the operator behind it.
CONNECT ON LINKEDINRebecca Kennedy
Project Manager
Runs operations end to end — permits, handling, fuel and crew — and is the point of contact from first enquiry to safe arrival.
CONNECT ON LINKEDINFerry Flights, Check Flights & Flying Spanners
The questions operators, owners and lessors ask us most often.
A ferry flight is a non-revenue flight that moves an aircraft from one place to another without passengers or cargo — typically a delivery to a new operator, a repositioning, a lease return or redelivery, or a movement to or from maintenance or storage. Spectrum Aviation Services plans the route, obtains the overflight and landing permits, arranges fuel and ground handling, provides qualified flight crew, and follows the aircraft until it lands safely.
A flying spanner — also called a travelling engineer or mechanic on board — is a licensed aircraft engineer who travels with the aircraft for the duration of a trip. They carry out the pre-flight and transit checks at each stop, troubleshoot and clear defects en route, and certify the work so the aircraft can continue on schedule instead of waiting for a local provider. We provide flying spanner cover through our EASA Part-145 approved sister company, Spectrum Technics.
A maintenance check flight, also known as a functional check flight or post-maintenance check flight, is flown to confirm an aircraft and its systems perform correctly after maintenance and before it returns to service. It follows a defined test schedule from the maintenance manual and is flown by crew prepared for that specific profile. MCFs are typically required after heavy maintenance or a C-check, an engine or major component change, flight control or rigging work, or return to service from long-term storage.
Yes. A demonstration flight is one of the standard requirements of a pre-purchase inspection. Records review, physical survey and borescope inspection show what an aircraft has been through on paper and on the ground; the demonstration flight is where the airframe, engines and systems are seen working together under load. Buyers, lessors and financiers use it to confirm that performance matches the technical records before funds move.
Our flight support covers everything an operation needs on the ground: flight planning and dispatch, overflight and landing permits including diplomatic clearances, fuel uplift and fuel management, ground handling coordination at every station, airport slots and navigation charges, crew provision, and 24/7 flight watch. It is planned, managed and executed in-house and billed on a single invoice.
Yes. Between Spectrum Aviation Services, which runs the operational side — flight operations, planning, permits, fuel, handling and crew — and our sister company Spectrum Technics, which holds EASA Part-CAMO and Part-145 approvals for continuing airworthiness and maintenance, the group covers everything an aircraft needs day to day. Owners can use one side, both, or hand the aircraft over entirely and receive one set of reports.
Ready to Move Your Aircraft?
Get in touch today to discuss our services, cost effective possibilities and receive a comprehensive estimate of trip costs.