East Island Aviation has been awarded the contract to supply & install four more Regional Boarding Ramps for the American Eagle Regional Facility at Los Angeles International Airport. With Eagle increasing service throughout  the west coast region, the facility needed to be expanded and more Ramps added.The latest version offers an additional 12” in deck travel and 6”  in height making it even easier to dock to CR-J and EMB jets!

Go to our “download page” for a brochure.  Regional Board Ramp is a registered Trade Mark and patented product.

In June 2012, East Island’s exclusive Japan agent (ARI) install the first Commute-A-Walk ® retractable passenger walkway for Fuji Dream Airlines in Nagoya. FDA is currently evaluating the walkway for implementation on all six gates at their domestic hub operation. Read more about our complete line of passenger walkways by clicking on our Ground Boarding Equipment page.

To learn more about East Island Aviation’s Commute-A-Walk ® system, or any other ground boarding equipment, please feel free to Contact Us.

For more information in Japan, please contact our Japanese agent, ARI.

As part of the QantasLink integration into Terminal 3 from T-2 in Sydney, tagged as “The Homecoming”, our DASH-8 Passenger Boarding Gantry will be utilized to bridge-board multiple aircraft from AeroBridges. The focus will be to improve the overall customer service experience and meet the expectations of Qantas’ Premium passengers to high-profile cities like Canberra and Melbourne.For more information on DASH-8 baording products go to our Ground Boarding page.

East Island Aviation deliveres the first DASH-8 Passenger boarding Gantry to Japan!

ANA became the first Pacific rim carrier to utilize our unique boarding ramp to safely connect  passengers from a boarding bridge to a Q-400 DASH-8. The unit was delivered to Fukushima Airport and after a sucessful evaluation, ANA moved it to their Hub operation in Osaka. Read more about our passenger boarding Gantry in the Ground Board Equipment page.

EAST ISLAND BECOMES “certified” by the Port Authority of NY & NJ as a Small Business Enterprise in the Commodity Program. After investigation and review by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, East Island Aviation Services has been granted “Certified Status” as a M/W/SBE Enterprise. East Island Aviation is committed to offering highly skilled and experienced minority personnel and products specifically geared towards Air Terminal development and maintenance. We provide General Contracting services as well as a wide range of ground equipment products and air terminal services.