New citation center Opens in Germany
Atlas Air Services AG, Cessna Aircraft’s Citation autho-
rized sales representative in Germany, recently opened
a Citation Service Center in Bremen Airport. The $14.8-
million facility measures 43,000 square feet (4,000 m
2
) –
large enough to take in 12 Citation jets simultaneously.
It is three times larger than the former Citation Service
Center at Bremen and, according to Michael Laux, Atlas
Air’s managing director, one of Europe’s largest Citation
Service Centers. The facility, which took a year to build,
includes office space, a representative sales office and
an automated computer-controlled spare parts facility
that has twice the capacity of its predecessor.
The new facility is meant to accommodate growth in
Citation sales in Europe. As many as 250 Cessna cus-
tomers attended the new center’s opening. Atlas sold 50
Citations in 2007 and 2008. The new Bremen facility is one of Europe’s largest Citation Service Centers.
StandardAero to Build New CFM56 Facility
StandardAero broke ground in mid-September at its Winnipeg, Manitoba, facility for an expansion that will
house CFM56 engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). This follows the June announcement that
StandardAero and Calgary, Alberta-based WestJet Airlines signed a 12-year agreement with GE Aviation, valued
at $850 million. The agreement has Standard Aero providing full support of WestJet’s fleet of CFM56-7 engines
powering its 81 Boeing 737NGs. In addition, the aircraft maintenance provider will become a GE designated
fulfillment center.
The 27,000-square foot (2,510-m
2
) expansion to StandardAero’s Plant 6 will add to a recently completed
80,000-square foot (7,440-m
2
) extension. The new extension will include 5,400 square feet (502 m
2
) for a test
cell that can accommodate engines with up to 50,000 pounds of thrust. The building thus will reach a total size
162,000 square feet (15,066 m
2
). It will house work on both the CFM 56 and CF34 engines.
Malaysia Aerospace Engineering Acquires Transmile
With plans to aggressively seek third-party maintenance work, MAS Aerospace Engineering Sdn Bhd (MAE),
a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, decided to acquire the engineering and maintenance unit of Malaysia-based
Transmile Group Berhad. The deal gives MAE 15 percent greater capacity by transferring to the MRO two
hangars, equipment and employees at Transmile’s Subang base near the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
Now having eight hangars that can accommodate 28 widebody and narrowbody aircraft at a time, MAE
boasts being the largest airframe MRO in the Asia-Pacific region. The company’s targeted revenue this year is
$143 million. Its more than 80 customers include Air Atlanta, Lufthansa, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jet Airways,
Delta and fleet owner/lessor GECAS.
Along with the acquisition, MAE secured a multi-year contract to perform heavy maintenance for
Transmile’s fleet of 16 freighter aircraft. Transmile will continue providing its own on-line maintenance
checks. The cargo carrier is in the process of restructuring in order to focus on its core business of overnight-
express air transport.
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