AirAsia’s engineering arm gets approval to do own maintenance

AirAsia’s engineering arm gets approval to do own maintenance

The group says it will also carry out repairs and overhaul works for third party airlines.

Personnel from AirAsia’s Asia Digital Engineering Sdn Bhd carrying out maintenance on a Myanmar Airways aircraft in a hangar at KLIA. (AirAsia pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
AirAsia Group Bhd’s wholly-owned engineering services unit, Asia Digital Engineering Sdn Bhd (ADE), has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) to provide base maintenance services.

With this approval, AirAsia said the unit would not only perform regular line maintenance but also base maintenance (hangar or C checks) for the group’s airlines.

“It will also be available to support third party airlines for aircraft maintenance repairs and overhaul (MRO),” it said in a statement today.

ADE chief executive officer Mahesh Kumar said the group had been sending aircraft to other MRO operators for scheduled base maintenance, but now it could be done in Malaysia to reduce maintenance costs.

“With this base maintenance approval from CAAM, ADE is now poised to become not just the biggest MRO in Malaysia, but also one of the biggest in Asean and beyond,” he said.

Founded in September 2020, ADE offers a range of aircraft services focused on the Airbus A320, A321 and A330 for line maintenance services, component and warehouse services, as well as engineering support services.

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