Infrastructure and Training Report 2022

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This year, Global Sky Media has decided to combine the aviation infrastructure and pilot
training reports, into just one single report. This is to give a broader picture of all the
facilities and resources supporting the development of civil aviation in Asia-Pacific. In this
newly combined report, we provide an overview of airports, Fixed Base Operators (FBOs),
Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul (MRO) facilities, pilot training schools, and training aircraft.
As of September 30, 2022, the Asia-Pacific region had 3,529
airports with runways longer than 400 meters. General aviation
airports accounted for 69% (2,423) while commercial airports
made up 31% (1,106).
FBOs cater to the needs of business jets by offering a wide
variety of aviation services to aircraft, passengers, and crew. In
2022, 71 FBOs are found across the Asia-Pacific region, with 21
FBOs located in Australia exclusively.
In this report, we provide rankings for all business jet MROs and
turbine helicopter MROs in Asia-Pacific, based on the number of
facilities, authority approvals, original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) authorizations, and aircraft type approvals. To ensure the
rankings are fair, we separated those MROs operated directly
by OEMs from independent ones. Of the independent business
jet MROs, ExecuJet and Jet Aviation ranked first and second,
respectively. Boeing, Bombardier, Textron, and Gulfstream directly
operate MRO service centres in Asia-Pacific.
MRO services ensure an aircraft satisfies safety regulations
and standards, and proactively looks for defects or potential
issues with the aim of taking preventive actions. Asia-Pacific
has 96 business jet MROs, 120 turbine helicopter MROs and
69 jet/turbine engine MROs, with 50 MROs serving more
than one type of these products. The majority of business jet
MRO facilities, which account for 68% of the total number of
facilities, are located in mainland China, Australia, and India.
Aero Asahi and Oceania Aviation took the first two places
on the turbine helicopter MRO ranking list. With regard to
OEMs, Airbus has the lead over its competitors in supporting
customers through its seven self-operated facilities.
There were a total of 349 training schools in Asia-Pacific in 2022,
including 271 schools offering only fixed-wing aircraft training,
58 schools offering only helicopter training courses, and 20
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