Amac, the Swiss MRO company founded in 2007, opened a 90,500-sq-ft widebody hangar at Euro Airport Basel on December 2. The new building stands next to the company's initial 45,000-sq-ft hangar, which is capable of accommodating two single-aisle airliners. Plans for another large hangar are already in the pipeline.
While the expansion of the company's facility had been planned for a while, its inauguration comes at a time when many MRO companies would rather reduce than expand their facilities. However, Amac strategic president Heinz Köhli pointed out that completion work, which together with maintenance of large executive jets amounts to 90 percent of the company's work load, is an activity with long lead times. He said demand for private completions for airliners, both single-aisle and widebody, remains strong since only a few companies offer this type of service in Europe, and none in Asia. He noted that demand for VIP completions is rising in Asia, 12 VIP Airbus aircraft delivered there having set the ball rolling.
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