Maintenance and Modifications
Shanghai FBO OK’d as FAA Overseas Repair Station
Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre is now an FAA-authorized overseas repair station. (Photo: Carey Matthews)
Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre is now an FAA-authorized overseas repair station. (Photo: Carey Matthews)

The FAA has approved Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Centre (SHPBASC) as an overseas repair station. This makes the FBO at Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport the first dedicated business aviation support facility to hold this Part 145 approval in mainland China. Shanghai Hawker Pacific filed its application just a few days before Aug. 3, 2008, when the FAA stopped taking applications for overseas repair station approval, following the failure of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to introduce security rules for such facilities.