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bring industry-leading aircraft avail-
ability, faster turnarounds and greater
convenience and peace of mind to
Bombardier’s growing customer
base in Asia,” said Jean-Christophe
Gallagher, Vice President and General
Manager, Customer Experience.
Located at Seletar Aerospace Park,
the centre offers maintenance ser-
vices, aircraft-on-ground support and
complex retrofit works. It was opened
Bombardier to Invest S$85M in in 2014 and employs over 150 staff. The
expanded centre will be able to sup-
Singapore Centre port more than 2,000 visits annually. It
will include a 3,500 sq m paint facility,
advanced interior finishing capabilities
and a broader suite of component,
Canadian Aerospace Company, print of the centre from 100,000sqft to repair and overhaul services. The new
Bombardier is putting in S$85 million approximately 430,000sqft by 2020. centre will also boast heavy structural
to quadruple the size of its Singapore This will make it the largest busi- and composite repair capabilities,
service centre. As part of the ongoing ness aviation maintenance facility in alongside an integrated parts depot.
wider enhancements to its global cus- Asia owned by an original equipment Additional hangars within the service
tomer service experience, the company manufacturer. “Our high-capacity, opti- centre will be fully operational by the
will embark on quadrupling the foot- mized Singapore Service Centre will second half of 2020.

maintenance on some of its engines. are seeking to capitalize on the strong
The new test facility can handle several global recognition of Jet Aviation in
of its Trent engines, including the Trent order to continue to connect with our
1000. Delta has plans to grow its MRO international market and grow our
business eight-fold over the next five customer service offerings through-
years by not only fixing its own planes out Asia. The Australian FBOs have a
but taking up more maintenance work history of strong performance and will
of aircraft belonging to other carriers. continue to deliver exceptional cus-
Currently, the MRO business is only a tomer service under the Jet Aviation

small part of the Delta overall revenue; brand.” Jet Aviation expanded its cus-
Delta TechOps had a revenue of US tomer offerings in the Asia-Pacific
Delta TechOps $700 million last year, compared to region with the acquisition of Hawker
the company’s overall revenue of over Pacific in May 2018. As part of its ongo-
Opens Largest US$44 billion. The airline expects to ing Hawker Pacific integration journey,
grow TechOps’ revenue by $1 billion a the company recently completed the
Engine Test Facility year for the next five years, company rebranding of its six new FBOs (Sydney,
officials said recently.
Brisbane (2), Cairns, Darwin and Perth)
based in Australia. Together with these
Delta TechOps has unveiled the largest six locations, Jet Aviation operates 34
jet engine test facility in the world, next Jet Aviation FBOs across America, Europe, the
to the Hartsfield-Jackson International Middle East and Asia. The rebranding is
Airport, as part of the company’s bid to Completes Hawker expected to strengthen the company’s
expand its engine maintenance busi- Pacific FBOs position as a leading global business
ness. Delta spent more than US$100 aviation service provider.
million on the new facility, which is Rebranding
the first to be built by a U.S. airline in
more than 20 years. The noise-insu- Jet Aviation announces it has com-
lated concrete facility can test-run a pleted the rebranding of its six
jet engine at full power. The 48-foot Hawker Pacific FBOs in Australia. The
engine test facility has a thrust capacity Australian FBO facilities are located in
of 150,000 pounds, which is more than Brisbane (2), Cairns, Darwin, Perth and
double that of Delta’s previous test cell. Sydney. Effective February 1, 2019, all
It may be recalled that in August 2018, six FBOs in Australia operate under the
the company opened a new engine Jet Aviation logo. “Our commitment to
repair shop nearby. Rolls-Royce has our customers and partners remains
entered into an agreement with Delta our highest priority,” says Joe Reckling,
TechOps to fix and perform scheduled SVP Regional Operations APAC. “We

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