Aircraft maintenance: GMFI collaborates with AirAsia Group
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Bisnis Indonesia - Perawatan pesawat: GMFI gandeng AirAsia Group
30 October 2024
By Artha Adventy
Bisnis, Jakarta – PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk, an entity of Garuda Indonesia Group, will soon establish a joint venture with AirAsia Group to boost revenue throughout 2025.
President Director of PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk. (GMFI), Andi Fahrurrozi, stated that GMFI’s plans for 2025 focused on equity improvement initiatives.
According to him, revenue growth would be driven by both commercial and non-commercial businesses.
“In the commercial sector, one of our key initiatives for 2025 is the establishment of a joint venture (JV) that we have signed with the AirAsia Group, specifically involving AD, one of AirAsia’s MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) subsidiaries,” said Andi on Monday (28/10).
The agreement with AirAsia was finalised during the Bali Airshow in September 2024, specifically for a joint venture in landing gear shop. Andi expects this JV to boost revenue beyond the airframe business, which has been GMFI’s mainstay.
“So, we are increasing revenue from the component side, specifically in overall landing gear services,” he said.
According to him, they will also work on projects from the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Defence next year, one of which will be the modification Airbus’ super puma aircraft.
Additionally, there are plans to increase the capacity and capability of hangars at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta. These hangars will enhance GMFI’s capacity for servicing turboprop aircraft and wide-body aircraft.
Currently, GMFI has four hangars, all located in the Soekarno-Hatta Airport area in Cengkareng, Tangerang. Hangar 1 is designated for wide-body aircraft, Hangar 3 for the Airbus 330 wide-body aircraft, Hangar 4 for narrow-body aircraft, and Hangar 2 for client maintenance.
“We are also in the process of managing a hangar at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. This hangar has the capacity to accommodate either one wide-body aircraft or two narrow-body aircraft. We will continue to explore capacity expansion, particularly to attract airlines and customers from outside Indonesia,” he explained.
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