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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1


               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


   
We consent to the reference of our Firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report on the financial statements of Aircraft Parts International
dated November 15, 1996 (except Note 7 as to which the date is November 25,
1996) in Amendment 2 to the Registration Statement (Form S-1, No. 333-18647) 
and related Prospectus of First Aviation Services Inc. for the registration of 
4,485,000 shares of its common stock.
    

   
We consent to the reference of our Firm under the captions "Selected Financial
Data" and "Experts" and to the use of our report on the financial statements of
First Aviation Services Inc. dated September 12, 1996 (except Note 12 as to
which the date is December 20, 1996), in Amendment 2 to the Registration
Statement (Form S-1, No. 333-18647) and related Prospectus of First Aviation 
Services Inc. for the registration of 4,485,000 shares of its common stock.
    

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of First Aviation
Services Inc. listed in Item 16 of this Registration Statement. This schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion based on our audit. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.


                                                              Ernst & Young LLP


   
San Francisco, California
February 4, 1997
    

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The foregoing report is in the form that will be signed upon completion of
stockholder approval of the 6.4549 to 1 stock split and stock option and stock
purchase plans described in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements.


                                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

   
San Francisco, California
February 4, 1997