Airbus develops presence in Malaysia with new services
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| Airbus spokesman Florian Taitsch said the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had ordered the inspections and follow-up checks late last year after unexplained cracks were discovered in the combustion chamber of an A400M engine owned by Malaysia. |
The Airbus group aims to boost the value of aerospace production and support services in Malaysia in line with its view of the country as an increasingly important aircraft market, company officials told Jane's at the LIMA 2017 exhibition in Langkawi.
An Airbus spokesman said the company is targeting an increase of 25% in the value of outsourcing in the country across commercial and defence domains. The current value of outsourcing is USD400 million a year, making Malaysia Airbus' largest supplier base in Southeast Asia, but this will increase to at least USD500 million a year by 2021, said officials.
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Manufacturer to expand footprint in South East Asia
2 OCTOBER 2013 PRESS RELEASE
Airbus is set to develop its presence in Malaysia with the expansion of its joint venture maintenance unit Sepang Aircraft Engineering (SAE) and the establishment of a new Airbus Customer Services Centre. The developments are the first in a series of projects that will see the manufacturer increase its footprint in the fast-growing South East Asian region and provide more support services for operators of its aircraft.
The initiatives in Malaysia were announced at a ceremony at the SAE premises at Kuala Lumpur International airport today to launch construction of a second hangar at the facility. The ceremony took place in the presence of Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Razak and was attended by Fabrice Brégier, President and CEO, Airbus.
The new hangar at SAE, which specialises in the maintenance and overhaul of Airbus single aisle aircraft, will have a floor area of 13,000 square metres and will be capable of accommodating three A320 Family aircraft for major maintenance checks. This will be in addition to the existing hangar, which can accommodate six single aisle aircraft at any one time.
The new Airbus Customer Services facility, 100 per cent owned by Airbus, will be located adjacent to SAE. It will be an expansion of the manufacturer’s global network of offices providing 24/7 specialised major aircraft engineering and repair services. Existing offices offering this support are located in Toulouse, Wichita and Beijing.
“The announcements we are making today reflect the enormous potential we see for the aerospace industry in South East Asia,” said Fabrice Brégier, President and CEO, Airbus. “With a skilled talent pool, quality workmanship and competitive cost base, Malaysia is one of the countries that have the right ingredients to become a key partner for Airbus. This is in line with our strategy to have a stronger footprint in international markets and develop our support services for operators of our aircraft nearer to their home bases.”
The Asia-Pacific region is a core market for Airbus, accounting for 31 per cent of all orders recorded by the company to date. Today, there are more than 2,270 Airbus aircraft in service with 98 operators across the region, with another 2,000 on order with customers for future delivery. This represents 36 per cent of the company's total backlog, reflecting the importance of the region as the fastest growing market for new civil aircraft.
Airbus is the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer offering the most modern, innovative and efficient family of passenger airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats.
Note to editors:
SAE is an EASA-approved independent maintenance, repair and overhaul centre (MRO) specialising in support for Airbus single aisle aircraft. The company employs some 400 people and current customers include AirAsia, Tigerair, Lao Airlines and Myanmar Airways International. SAE also houses a regional inventory of spare parts for use by airlines that have selected the Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS) total support packages for their fleets.
Airbus holds a 40 per cent stake in SAE with the other 60 per cent held by majority shareholder and company founder Dato’ Syed Budriz Putra.
Airbus forecast 15,000 planes in Asia Pacific
Kuala Lumpur: France-based aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, has forecast that demand for new planes in Asia Pacific would increase to 15,000 from the current 6,000 in the next 20 years.
Speaking at a media briefing Monday, Airbus Group Asia-Pacific President Pierre Jaffre said demand in the region expanded 5.5 per cent, annually.
Malaysia, Airbus's third largest market in the region after China and India, would be part of the strong growth with rising demand for the aircraft, he said.
"Our business here ranges from civil airliners to helicopters and military transport equipment.
"Malaysia is also our largest industrial partner in Southeast Asia, with the value of Airbus work undertaken in Malaysia set to increase by 25 per cent to over US$500 million by 2021, from US$400 million now," he said.
More than 700 Airbus commercial aircraft have been ordered by Malaysian-based airlines, including the best-selling single aisle A320, popular mid-size A330 and A380.
Malaysia is also the first export customer for the A400M military airlifter, and over 100 Airbus helicopters in service today.
On another note, Jaffre said preparations were underway for the delivery of the first all-new A350 to Malaysia Airlines Bhd end-December.
Meanwhile, Jaffre said the group was set to be one of the largest international exhibitor at LIMA 2017, showcasing its wide-range of products for the civil and defence market, with eight aircraft participating in the static and flying displays.
The highlight of the opening day will be the fly-pasts with a Malaysia Airlines A380 airliner and a Royal Malaysian Air Force A400M military airlifter. – Bernama
But It was not all together a smooth rides with Malaysia A400 engines that supplied to RMAF, as reported in BERLIN: All A400M military transport plane engines affected by an order from European safety regulators have been inspected and no further cracks were found in their combustion chambers, a spokesman for manufacturer Airbus said on Friday.
Airbus spokesman Florian Taitsch said the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had ordered the inspections and follow-up checks late last year after unexplained cracks were discovered in the combustion chamber of an A400M engine owned by Malaysia.
No problems had been found in any of the other engines checked, which belong to the first 31 delivered A400M aircraft. "All the engines affected have been inspected and this is a unique incident," Taitsch said.
Facing heavy losses on its programme to supply up to 170 of the aircraft to seven European NATO members, Airbus on Wednesday took a fresh writedown of 1.2 billion euros (£1 billion) and urged the governments concerned not to fine it too heavily for technical snags and delays.
It cited "significant risks ahead" for Europe's biggest defence project, which sources said was originally valued at 20 billion euros but was now slated to cost well over 30 billion.
It was not immediately clear when the company and the NATO buyer nations - Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey and Britain - would meet to discuss the programme.
The EASA airworthiness directive called for inspections of all engines similar to the Malaysian one, and follow-on checks after 500 hours, and then every 250 hours after that.
A spokesman for the German air force said minor cracks had been found in the 10 affected German A400M engines, but they were common in the combustion chambers and there was no impact on aircraft safety or operation. - Reuters
Jon Grevatt, Langkawi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
23 March 2017
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