Maintenance and Modifications
Australian Regulator Approves Textron Service Centers
Textron operates service centers in Melbourne, Perth, and Gold Coast
Textron Aviation Melbourne service center
Textron’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at Melbourne Essendon Airport is one of three factory-owned service centers in Australia. © Textron Aviation

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has issued Part 145 maintenance approval to Textron Aviation’s three service centers in the country. The U.S. business aircraft manufacturer operates factory-owned facilities at Melbourne Essendon Fields (YMEN), Perth Jandakot (YPJT), and Gold Coast (YBCG) airports.

According to Textron Aviation, more than 1,400 of its Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker aircraft are operating in Australia. The Melbourne service center at YMEN is the most recent addition, with the 35,000-sq-ft complex joining Textron Aviation’s company-owned service center network in May. That network is supplemented worldwide by more than 300 authorized service facilities.