FL Technics has opened a new base maintenance facility in Bali to capitalize on growing MRO demand for narrowbody aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region.
The hangar, operating as part of the Lithuanian company FL Technics’ Indonesia subsidiary, has a volume of 183,000 ft.3 and will focus primarily on Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft repairs.
Located at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on the Indonesian island, the new six-bay maintenance hub will cater for both classic and next-generation models of Boeing aircraft as well as current and new engine option Airbus narrowbodies.
It also holds production shops and offices, and once ramped up to full capacity, will create up to 500 jobs. The hangar will operate under FL Technics Indonesia Part-145 certifications issued by the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Over time, it will look to gain certificates from the Federal Aviation Administration, Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority and European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
The maintenance provider’s facility in Bali is the latest addition to its MRO network, which includes base maintenance hangars at its Lithuania homebase in Vilnius and Kaunas, the UK at Prestwick International Airport in Scotland; Jakarta, Indonesia, where it has operated since 2016; and an upcoming location in the Dominican Republic.
FL Technics plans to open the Dominican Republic hangar, which will be located at Punta Cana International Airport, sometime in 2025. Like its Bali location, the MRO facility in the Caribbean country will have a narrowbody aircraft focus and offer line and base maintenance initially across five bays before eventually expanding to 12.
In late October, the company told Aviation Week that it projects a turnover of nearly €400 million ($419 million) for 2024 and plans to grow this further through existing and new maintenance contracts during the second half of the decade.
By 2030, it is looking to nearly double its current turnover to €1 billion, which it says will also be partly driven by the growth of its global maintenance network.
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