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FEATURE SINGAPORE AVIATION
Singapore Stakes
a Claim
Starting with small airport capability based on old SINCE 1990, SINgAPORE’S AEROSPACE
British military bases, Singapore has expanded industry has grown at a compounded
and consolidated to become the region’s aviation annual growth rate of over 10% to
become what the Singapore Economic
powerhouse – in only a few decades. We look at what Development Board (EDB) calls “the most
makes the island such an attractive location, and why comprehensive MRO hub in Asia.” In 2011,
the aviation industry in Singapore achieved
companies are using it as a technical springboard into an output of over S$7.9 billion (US$6.4
Southeast Asia’s aviation market. By Jeremy Torr billion), and employed over 19,000 workers
across a range of industries, from MRO and
training to service provision, infrastructure
provision, and parts provisioning.
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