Providing a Worry-Free Experience™
Aircraft detailing
since 1991.
Interior, exterior, brightwork and paint protection for corporate and private aircraft. Twenty-three US airports, five countries, roughly two hundred team members, and one standard at every field.
Our promise
Providing a Worry‑Free Experience™
Worry free is not a feeling we hope you end up with. It is a set of conditions we put in place. The same crew standard at every field. The same documented procedure. A record of every service performed on your aircraft. A schedule that does not depend on anyone remembering. Once those are true, there is nothing left for you to manage.
Leave it with me.
Four words a team member says when an aircraft is handed over. It is the only promise we make, and we have been making it since 1991.
Our method
Aircraft paint is not automotive paint.
A finish system on an airframe is engineered thin, because weight is a design constraint. Beneath it sit epoxy primer and conversion coated aluminum or composite. Within inches of it sit acrylic windows that craze, elastomeric de‑ice boots, magnesium components and exposed sealant. None of them tolerate the same chemistry, and none of them forgive a shortcut. Treating an airframe like a car is how a repaint becomes necessary five years early.
Time, Agitation, Chemical, Temperature
Every cleaning process is governed by four variables, and they trade against one another. Lower one and you have to raise another.
On an aircraft you cannot raise agitation without taking finish that cannot be replaced. You cannot raise chemical strength or temperature without risking the substrate. That leaves time. Time is the variable a trained crew spends and an untrained crew cuts, and the difference does not show up on the invoice. It shows up three years later.
Products qualified for aviation, not adapted to it
We use cleaners that conform to Boeing BSS7432 and AMS 1526C, the specifications that establish a material will not damage an airframe. Two of them, Swype and Dend, come from a product company our ownership founded, because what we needed did not exist at the standard we wanted.
pH is not a detail
The pH scale is logarithmic. Every whole point is a factor of ten, so a cleaner at pH 10 is a thousand times more alkaline than water. Wool carpet, leather, veneer, acrylic and plated brightwork each have a different tolerance, and they sit within a few feet of one another in the same cabin. One product for all of them is a shortcut, not a method.
Technology
Every hour of training. Every service. Every tail.
We built our own platform, and our team members work inside it. Training records, inventory, scheduling, standard operating procedures, locations, client information and complete service history live in one place, at every base, in every country.
- Every team member’s training is current and provable, not assumed.
- Every service performed on your aircraft is on record and retrievable.
- Scheduling does not depend on anyone remembering.
- The procedure at Teterboro is the procedure at Scottsdale.
- You can look at your own history instead of asking us for it.
Services
What we do
Interior detailing
Cabin, cockpit, galley and lavatory. Leather, wool, veneer and suede, each treated to its own tolerance.
02Exterior detailing
Dry wash and wet wash, belly and exhaust soil, gear and gear wells, performed with aviation qualified chemistry.
03Paint correction and protection
Correction and sealing on a finish system that gives you one chance to get it right.
04Brightwork polishing
Bare metal, exhaust stacks and trim brought back and kept there.
05De-ice boot service
Stripping, cleaning and sealing of elastomeric boots, which fail early when treated like paint.
06Disinfection and disinsection
Two different services, often confused. We perform both, to the applicable guidance.
07AOG and quick turn
Mobile team members who reach any field in the country when the schedule does not allow for waiting.
08Delivery and acceptance prep
Presentation for handover, when the aircraft is being inspected by someone looking for reasons.
09Scheduled care programs
Recurring care built around your flight schedule rather than around ours.
Who we serve
The people who hand us the aircraft
FBOs
A detailing partner your customers judge you by, staffed so you are not chasing anyone.
MROs
Inspection support and post maintenance cleaning that respects the work already done.
OEM and completion
Delivery presentation for aircraft being handed to their first owner.
Charter and management
Quick turns and recurring care across a fleet that does not sit still.
Flight departments
One standard across every field your aircraft touches, on record.
Locations
Twenty-three US airports, and anywhere else you need us
Tennessee
Canada and Europe
- YYZ
- LTN
- FAB
- BQH
- BSL
- ZRH
- CDG
- NCE
Where we are not based, our AOG and mobile team members travel. Travel fees apply, and we will tell you what they are before we go.
Credentials
The part nobody asks about until something goes wrong.
Leadership
The people accountable for it
David Allen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sean Lee
President
PJ Maher
Chief Operating Officer
Common questions
Answers before you ask
What does The Allen Groupe do?
The Allen Groupe provides interior and exterior detailing, brightwork polishing, paint correction and protection, de-ice boot service, disinfection, delivery preparation and AOG response for corporate and private aircraft. We have been in business since 1991.
Where does The Allen Groupe operate?
Twenty-three airports across six US states, Toronto, and seven fields in Europe. Our AOG and mobile team members travel to any field in the country. Travel fees apply and are quoted before we go.
How long has The Allen Groupe been in business?
Since 1991.
Are your cleaning products approved for aircraft?
We use products that conform to Boeing BSS7432 and AMS 1526C, the specifications that establish a material will not damage an airframe. There is no such thing as an FAA approved cleaning product, and any company advertising one is describing something that does not exist.
Do you carry insurance?
Yes. General liability, hangarkeepers and commercial auto. A certificate is available on request.
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Get in touch
Tell us what you need and when.
Tail number, airport, dates. We will come back with a plan and a price, not a brochure.