KUALA LUMPUR: Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport or Subang Airport will be housing the country's first integrated one-stop maintenance centre for business jets following a collaboration between Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) and ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd (ExecuJet), a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation.
The strategic collaboration will see Dassault Aviation, which has over 2,000 business aircraft under its maintenance globally, investing up to RM100 million through ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia (ExecuJet) to set up a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility that will be positioned as Dassault Aviation's Asia Centre of Excellence for MRO.
The one-stop centre for business jets will carry out line and heavy maintenance on Dassault, Bombardier and Gulfstream aircraft, and interior refurbishment.
To be completed by the fourth quarter of 2023, the new facility will span 144,000 sq ft and accommodate up to 45 aircraft per month.
MAHB managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said Subang Airport is one of the more mature developments under the Aerospace and Aviation cluster of the group's Aeropolis initiative.
"The ultimate aim of Aeropolis is to create an aviation ecosystem that can attract foreign direct investments by global operators.
"The significant investment that Dassault Aviation is making through ExecuJet is a strong indication of the confidence placed by global aviation players in the potential of Malaysia as an aerospace and aviation hub.
"Malaysia is already an increasingly preferred hub for business aviation, and MRO in the Asia Pacific and this new integrated facility by ExecuJet will contribute towards making Malaysia the most preferred business aviation hub in the region," he said in a statement today.
Iskandar said the new facility would open doors to more job opportunities and increase the skilled workforce in the country.
"Apart from attracting foreign investment and contributing to the local economy, we will be enhancing human capital by upskilling local talents with technical knowledge and new capabilities.
"ExecuJet will be investing heavily in training their local workforce," he added.