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GMF AeroAsia to develop maintenance facility in Batam worth $41m
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Hang Nadim Airport in Batam, Riau Islands. (JP/Fadli)
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T Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) AeroAsia, a subsidiary of PT Garuda Indonesia, will develop a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for planes on Batam Island, Riau Islands, in cooperation with partners from Japan and the Netherlands.
The project will cost US$41 million.
The MRO facility is to be developed near the Hang Nadim Airport in Batam, said GMF AeroAsia president director Juliandra Nurtjahjo in Batam on Monday.
Initially, the facility was to be developed on Bintan Island, also in the province.
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“We moved the MRO facility to Batam after conducting a final review. The readiness of the infrastructure owned by Hang Nadim Airport was taken into consideration,” Juliandra said.
The 25,000 square meter project will occupy a five-hectare plot of land. The ground breaking ceremony will be held late this year and the project is expected to be completed in 2018.
“Our target market is to repair planes for international flights. Therefore, we have partnered with companies from Holland and Japan to operate the MRO facility,” he said, adding that domestic flights would be handled by an MRO facility at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.
Apart from developing the MRO facility in Batam, GMF AeroAsia will also develop a logistics warehouse to store spare parts needed for the operation of the facility.
“Batam’s location, which is close to Singapore, could be a hub for Asian aviation,” Juliandra added. (bbn)
