Aviation maintenance center slated for August

Zurich-based Jet Aviation has announced that it is close to opening its new business jet maintenance, repair and overhaul services (MRO) facility at the Macau International Airport. The facility is expected to commence operations in August. The exact date for the commencement of operations will be subject to approval by the Macau government.
The new MRO facility will allow Jet Aviation to alleviate congestion in other airports in the region – notably Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) – by providing maintenance, aircraft cleaning and parking services in Macau. According to the aviation publication, AIN Online, Jet Aviation has previously found congestion restrictions at HKIA “challenging.”
Nigel parker, managing director at the HKIA maintenance facility, told AIN Online that, “Jet Aviation Macau will help relieve some of the congestion experienced in the region by providing quality MRO services from a proximate location.”
The company has leased some 4,000 square meters of hangar space and an additional 1,000 square meters of back shop space, including a wheel shop and a battery servicing facility.
In these spaces general maintenance of business jets will be performed under the company’s Gulfstream and Dassault Falcon authorized service center credentials. These services will be undertaken in line with U.S. and European aviation safety regulations. Similar certification from Macau’s Civil Aviation Authority is expected soon.
Jet Aviation’s aircraft management and charter operations at HKIA received the 2015 Asian Business Aviation Association award for “best management company.” The management arm of the Jet Aviation now counts 331 aircraft among its fleet in the Asia-Pacific region. DB