ExecuJet Opens New MRO Facility at Subang Airport Near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dark/Light Mode (02/04/24)  Dassault Aviation has opened a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Subang Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Operating under the ExecuJet brand, the state-of-the-art factory service center will be able to support 10-15 Dassault Aviation, Bombardier and Gulfstream aircraft at one time, including Dassault’s largest aircraft, the Falcon 6X, which recently entered service, and the larger 10X, which is expected to enter the market in 2027.

The 149,500 sqft purpose-built facility offers customers the full suite of MRO services from line maintenance and AOG support through to heavy maintenance checks, cabin interior refurbishments, satcom installations, avionics upgrades and other advanced modifications.

ExecuJet's new MRO facility at Subang Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The facility, which was custom designed to support business aircraft and includes advanced features such as a built-in overhead crane for aircraft engine changes, replaces a smaller facility originally built for aircraft undercover parking.

The new hangar’s energy-saving design elements include large windows, allowing for more natural light; LED lighting; high-volume low-speed overhead fans for cooling; an 85kW rooftop solar system and water tanks for harvesting rainwater.

“The benefit of having a purpose-built MRO facility is it can include new features to support MRO activity (for example, a built-in overhead-crane for aircraft engine changes) and it can be future-proofed,” said Ivan Lim, Regional VP Asia at ExecuJet MRO Services. “We also designed the hangar and workshops to optimize the workflow through the facility. The 105,000-ft2 hangar can accommodate up to 15 medium and large business jets simultaneously, including the ultra-large-cabin Dassault Falcon 6X and Falcon 10X. Our previous facility at Subang Airport was smaller and the hangar was originally designed for aircraft undercover parking.”

In addition to Kuala Lumpur, Dassault is:

- building a new U.S. flagship MRO location in Melbourne, Florida to support Falcons operating in North and South America. This center will open in 2025;

- adding capacity in the Northeast U.S. with another authorized service center, Pro Star Aviation, located near Boston;

Members of Team ExecuJet in front of a Falcon 8X at Subang Airport near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- relocating a facility in Sorocaba, near São Paulo, Brazil to the newly opened Catarina International Executive airport; and

- supporting the Indian market with a new authorized service center in New Delhi, Indamer.

Last year, the company opened a major new ExecuJet MRO center at Dubai World Central airport. This 165,250 sqft (15,350 sqm) facility will vastly improve service to customers in the Middle East.

Dassault is also expanding the number of MRO locations that can perform C checks and other major inspections and handle technology retrofits such as the EASy IV flight deck, the FalconEye Combined Vision System, and the FalconConnect high-speed Internet connectivity package.

“Over the last half decade, we have more than doubled our global support capacity and considerably modernized our MRO capability,” said Jean Kayanakis, Dassault Aviation's SVP for worldwide customer service. “We now have more than 60 service locations and 15 parts distribution centers around the world, along with the GoTeams necessary to support aircraft in the field 24/7 wherever they may be. This is part of a strategy aimed at keeping us as close as possible to our customers and offering all the services needed to maximize the up-time and value of their Falcon fleets.”

In a separate development, EASA and the US FAA have certified ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia to perform line maintenance and provide AOG support for Falcon 6X aircraft throughout the region.

The ExecuJet MRO network is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation.

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