Infrastructure and Training Report 2022

MRO OVERVIEW
ASIA-PACIFIC TOP TURBINE HELICOPTER MRO RANKING
INDEPENDENT TURBINE HELICOPTER MROS
Airframe Maintenance Only
RANK
COMPANY NAME
FACILITIES
A/C TYPE APPROVALS
OEM
AUTHORIZATIONS
OVERALL SCORE
Num. Num. Num. Score
1 Aero Asahi 3 11 4 3.59
2 Oceania Aviation 1 26 3 3.40
3 Heliflite 4 6 2 2.82
4 State Grid GA 3 7 2 2.49
5 Jet Aviation 3 12 1 2.41
6 Nakanihon Air 1 10 3 2.32
7 Air Works 2 8 2 2.16
8 UI Helicopter 1 12 2 2.04
9 Airwork 2 11 1 1.95
10 Asian Aerospace 2 10 1 1.88
Different to business jets, most helicopters are registered, operated,
and maintained locally because of regulatory requirements and
high ferry costs, which is why authority approvals for helicopter
MROs are not as important as for business jet MROs. For this
reason, we have not used authority approvals for the rankings
calculation. Only helicopter airframe maintenance is considered in
the ranking, whilst component and blade repair are not included.
All of the MROs in the table have one or more OEM
authorizations. Aero Asahi has the most OEM Authorizations with
four, whilst Oceania has the most type approvals with 26. Heliflite
has the most facilities located in Australia, New Zealand and
mainland China.
OEM OPERATED TURBINE HELICOPTER MROS
OEM COMPANY NAME
FACILITIES
A/C TYPE APPROVALS
Num.
Num.
Airbus Airbus Helicopters 7 14
AVIC AVIC CAIC 1 2
AVIC AVIC HAIG 1 1
Bell Bell Helicopter 1 7
Sikorsky Sikorsky Helitech 1 6
Leonardo AgustaWestland 2 5
All major helicopter OEMs, including Airbus, AVIC, Bell, Leonardo,
and Sikorsky have self-operated MRO facilities in Asia-Pacific.
Airbus Helicopters have the most facilities, which are located
in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the
Philippines, and Thailand. Bell's acquisition of Zhenjiang
Aerochine in China and Eagle Copters Maintenance in Australia
also demonstrates its determination to grow further in the Asia-
Pacific region.
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