PT GMF AeroAsia, a subsidiary of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia,
is to construct its fourth hangar in December in an investment worth
US$50 million to keep up with Garuda’s expanding fleet.
The new hangar will enable the company to repair and overhaul more aircraft, helping it generate more revenue.
“The new hangar will ensure we keep up with growing demand and deliver the best service to enhance [aviation] safety in Indonesia,” GMF’s corporate secretary Dwi Prasmono Adji told The Jakarta Post.
The Garuda Group will operate as many as 294 aircraft, with an average fleet age of five-years-old by the end of 2015. The fleet is part of Garuda’s Quantum Leap program, where Garuda will operate 194 aircraft while another 100 aircraft, including 50 turboprop planes, will be operated by its strategic business unit Citilink Indonesia.
The airlines under Garuda, Lion Air and Sriwijaya Air have also used GMF’s hangars. Lion, for example, needs hangars to maintain its 178 aircraft by the end of 2016.
New Hangar 4 will be constructed on an 18,000 square-meter plot of land and will be equipped with a purpose-built docking platform for C-Check or heavy maintenance of narrow-body aircraft, such as the Boeing B737 family, Dwi said.
The hangar will also be able to house 16 narrow-body aircraft.
The construction will take approximately one year to complete and the company expects it to be operational by the end of 2013.
GMF’s existing three hangars can accommodate up to 29 aircraft.
GMF plans to build a fifth, which will house four wide-body aircraft, including the B747 series and Airbus 330s.
The fifth hangar is projected to commence commercial operations by the end of 2014.
Dwi said the company had recently finished its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities for the sub-100 jet Bombardier in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
“The facilities are 99 percent ready because we will see Bombardier’s inaugural flight next week. We now have the ability to repair the [Bombardier] aircraft,” he said.
In the future, GMF plans to set up more Bombardier MRO facilities in Garuda’s regional hubs: Medan, North Sumatra; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan; Denpasar, Bali and Biak, West Papua, where the Canadian aircraft are based.
Garuda signed a contract to purchase 18 Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen series at the Singapore Airshow in February with an option to buy an additional 18. This year, the airline will operate five jets from its Makassar hub.
GMF AeroAsia has facilities to conduct A-Check (light maintenance) to D-Check (the most comprehensive aircraft checks), in Cengkareng, just west of Jakarta.
source: The Jakarta Post
The new hangar will enable the company to repair and overhaul more aircraft, helping it generate more revenue.
“The new hangar will ensure we keep up with growing demand and deliver the best service to enhance [aviation] safety in Indonesia,” GMF’s corporate secretary Dwi Prasmono Adji told The Jakarta Post.
The Garuda Group will operate as many as 294 aircraft, with an average fleet age of five-years-old by the end of 2015. The fleet is part of Garuda’s Quantum Leap program, where Garuda will operate 194 aircraft while another 100 aircraft, including 50 turboprop planes, will be operated by its strategic business unit Citilink Indonesia.
The airlines under Garuda, Lion Air and Sriwijaya Air have also used GMF’s hangars. Lion, for example, needs hangars to maintain its 178 aircraft by the end of 2016.
New Hangar 4 will be constructed on an 18,000 square-meter plot of land and will be equipped with a purpose-built docking platform for C-Check or heavy maintenance of narrow-body aircraft, such as the Boeing B737 family, Dwi said.
The hangar will also be able to house 16 narrow-body aircraft.
The construction will take approximately one year to complete and the company expects it to be operational by the end of 2013.
GMF’s existing three hangars can accommodate up to 29 aircraft.
GMF plans to build a fifth, which will house four wide-body aircraft, including the B747 series and Airbus 330s.
The fifth hangar is projected to commence commercial operations by the end of 2014.
Dwi said the company had recently finished its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities for the sub-100 jet Bombardier in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
“The facilities are 99 percent ready because we will see Bombardier’s inaugural flight next week. We now have the ability to repair the [Bombardier] aircraft,” he said.
In the future, GMF plans to set up more Bombardier MRO facilities in Garuda’s regional hubs: Medan, North Sumatra; Balikpapan, East Kalimantan; Denpasar, Bali and Biak, West Papua, where the Canadian aircraft are based.
Garuda signed a contract to purchase 18 Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen series at the Singapore Airshow in February with an option to buy an additional 18. This year, the airline will operate five jets from its Makassar hub.
GMF AeroAsia has facilities to conduct A-Check (light maintenance) to D-Check (the most comprehensive aircraft checks), in Cengkareng, just west of Jakarta.
source: The Jakarta Post
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