Bombardier Breaks Ground on New MRO Facility in Tianjin Canadian airframer Bombardier is pushing even harder in the Chinese area to not only deliver jets but also be able to service them too. Most of the major business jet airframers are seeing a growing market in Asia for their business jets and in order to provide services and repairs to them they must also have the facilities to do so. Bombardier isn't wasting any time in this process and have announced that they recently broke ground on a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in the Tianjin area. It is a joint venture between Bombardier and the Tianjin Airport Economic Area. The service facility, which is set to open in 2017, is 8,897 sq. meters (95,766 sq. feet) including hangar and office and back shop areas. Bombardier Business Aircraft customers will be able to receive maintenance, repair, overhaul, and associated activities and services at the facility. Under the joint venture agreement, the facility will be operated using similar processes and procedures that govern Bombardier’s wholly-owned Service Center network worldwide.
“China, and specifically Tianjin, is a strategic location for business aircraft,” said Michel Ouellette, Vice President, Aircraft Programs and Customer Services, Bombardier Business Aircraft. “We look forward to collaborating with the leaders of Tianjin to provide our customers with access to a full range of OEM maintenance services at their doorstep.” “We are glad to have officially broken ground today for our future joint venture facility with Bombardier,” said Huang Xingguo, Mayor of Tianjin. “We are confident that this collaboration will benefit Bombardier Business Aircraft customers in China, while growing the large aerospace hub in Tianjin, China.” With approximately 120 Bombardier business jets flying around in the greater China area, this partnership makes significant sense. For more information: Bombardier Aerospace 400 Côte-Vertu Road West Dorval, Quebec H45 1Y9 Canada www.bombardier.com ***
