A new facility for aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services recently opened at the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA), transforming the former US Navy base into a 24/7 hub for business aviation in Asia Pacific.
Strategically-located within an 18,000 square-meter hangar, Aviation Concepts Technical Services, Inc. (ACTSI) is to become a premier parking and MRO service provider for business jets within the region after completing its phase one upgrade of its facilities, which can easily match OEM and client standards.
“With the opening of ACTSI’s facility, business jet owners and operators will now have the confidence of knowing that a world-class facility, complimented with a team of certified engineers, can now handle parking and maintenance of their aircraft,” says John O’Meara, ACTSI general manager.
Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon, who graced the launch of ACTSI’s facility recognized the value of this latest Razon and Co. investment into Subic Bay International Airport, “This is a welcome development in the Subic Bay International Airport. It would allow more executive jets to come here to be serviced. I hope the whole of Asia, especially owners and operators of private jets, will start using this airport. Now we are going to put the airport to use and hopefully, it will expand. Certainly, we want anybody who does business here to be happy.”
Atty. Wilma Eisma, chairman and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), said that the facility ushers new businesses for the former military airbase, which once served as a global hub for courier giant Federal Express until 2009, “We have long dreamed of developing the SBIA into a business and general aviation airport in the country, and this project is one huge step towards realizing that vision.” Eisma adds, “We are banking on the strategic location of Subic in the Asia Pacific region to boost SBIA’s chances to become a regional player in the MRO business.”
