The groundbreaking ceremony for the new FL Technics facility taking place in Bali on Dec. 4.
FL Technics has broken ground on a new maintenance facility in Indonesia that is scheduled to be completed by July 2024.
The Lithuania-headquartered company’s FL Technics Indonesia business will operate at the site close to Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali and will become its second MRO facility in the country. Its first, located in Jakarta at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, has operated since Dec. 2016.
Once built, FL Technics will occupy 151,000 sq.ft hangar that will focus its operations on heavy maintenance for Boeing and Airbus narrowbody aircraft. The facility will also house a training center and logistics offerings including an on-site bonded logistics center.
After completion next summer, and following approvals from Indonesia's regulator, FL Technics says it will look to also obtain certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency for the facility.
Anticipated as a large growth market, particularly with regional leasing customers, FL Technics projects a greater need for in-country MRO services in Indonesia. "The data we have gathered indicates that more than 50% of aircraft repairs are currently carried out abroad,” says Martynas Grigas, director of FL Technics Indonesia. “This underscores the significant potential in the aircraft maintenance market and motivates us to continue expanding and enhancing MRO services domestically to continuously support and solidify the growth of the aviation industry in Indonesia.”<\/p>
FL Technics’ CEO Zilvinas Lapinskas told Aviation Week in September that the company had initially considered building further capacity in Jakarta but instead looked for more volume in Bali. “In Bali, there are two small existing hangars which we will take over shortly and start some operations before the building of four additional bays, eventually taking it to six bays in total,” he said.
In addition to its Bali expansion, FL Technics is also in the process of setting up a base maintenance operation in the Dominican Republic. The facility will operate from 2025 initially with five bays of maintenance, but it has capacity to eventually more than double to 12 bays.
