MRO AND SUPPLY CHAIN
GMF AeroAsia opens widebody line as regional heavy checks stay booked out
Indonesian capacity expands into work that has been flying to Singapore and China.
Aerospace Garage desk
GMF AeroAsia has brought an additional widebody line into service at Soekarno-Hatta, targeting work that Indonesian and regional operators have been sending to Singapore, Malaysia and China.
The commercial case is straightforward: ferrying a widebody to a foreign shop costs days of downtime and a positioning flight before any maintenance begins.
Whether the line fills depends on approvals rather than demand. Foreign operators need their own authority to accept the shop, and those recognitions take time.
Our read: watch which foreign regulators accept the facility. That determines whether this is domestic capacity or a regional business.
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