Credit: Avia Solutions Group
Although much of the consolidation in aircraft maintenance has taken place in the U.S., mergers are also underway in other busy regions for MRO.
The latest is the completion of an important tie-up between FL Technics and Job Air Technic in Eastern Europe, which brings the Czech company into the fold of Lithuania-based Avia Solutions Group, which owns FL Technics.
“Job Air brings strong maintenance expertise and an established operation that fits well with how we are expanding our network in Europe. It strengthens our presence in Central Europe and provides additional maintenance capacity in a location that is increasingly important for our customers,” said Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics.
FL Technics added that Job Air would allow it to take on a broader range of maintenance work.
Job Air’s core capabilities are in Boeing 737, Airbus A320 and A330 maintenance, with a focus on providing flexible solutions.
This proved useful during the pandemic, when Job Air doubled its maintenance labor hours from 2020 to 2022 on the back of brisk business from lessors requiring end-of-lease checks and storage solutions.
At the height of the pandemic, the company had 50 aircraft in storage on top of full hangars at its facility near Ostrava, Czechia, as it welcomed the type of ad hoc, end-of-lease maintenance that more production-line-focused MRO providers sometimes avoid.
This offers interesting synergies with the rest of Avia Solutions Group, which derives significant revenues from ACMI operations and aircraft leasing.
Job Air will continue its operations while gradually integrating into FL Technics’ organizational and operational framework. The combined teams will focus on sharing expertise, aligning processes and creating operational synergies across the group.
“With the transaction now complete, we are focused on the next phase—integrating our teams and ensuring customers benefit from the added scale, expertise and flexibility this acquisition brings,” Lapinskas said.
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