Boeing will begin phasing out the Aviall name this month in an effort to further unify its broader distribution services.

The move should not come as a surprise as Boeing continues to integrate and leverage Aviall and the former KLX Aerospace, which Boeing purchased in October 2018 for $4.25 billion.

That acquisition, its largest since buying McDonnell Douglas in 1997 for $13.3 billion, was complimentary to Aviall—with few overlaps—and Boeing saw it as a way to expand its distribution capabilities and become more nimble.

In February 2019, the airframe OEM changed KLX’s name to Boeing Distribution Services Inc. (BDSI). A few months later, in July 2019, it also changed Aviall’s legal entity name to Boeing Distribution Inc. (BDI).

Parts distribution and integrated supply chain solutions comprise a significant portion of Boeing Global Services’ revenues, the total of which was $18.5 billion, an 8% increase over 2018.

“Transitioning to a unified Boeing offering for the wide range of distribution services and retiring the Aviall brand will streamline our presence along with our processes and operations,” says a Boeing representative. “We are confident that this One Boeing approach will prove especially valuable in a highly fragmented, global and competitive marketplace.”

In an interview with Aviation Week in October 2019, Boeing Global Services CEO Ted Colbert said there were a lot of synergies between Aviall and BDSI.

“We're taking advantage of all of those synergies that were in the thesis to bring KLX in-house in the first place. We've got a lot of investment in used serviceable materials, and we're looking at how additive manufacturing can serve us from a parts perspective.”

Aviall can trace its history to 1932. The Aviall name, however, was launched in 1981 from the mergers of Cooper Airmotive and Aviation Power Supply.

Boeing incurred a fourth quarter charge for the retirement of the Aviall brand, but it cannot provide that figure until Jan. 31 after its SEC Form 10-K for the quarter is released.