The announcement of the opening follows on a successful audit and European Safety Agency (EASA) Part 145 approval.

RUAG Aviation Malaysia is establishing this new centre to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft components. “To fulfil our customer expectations in the region we closely cooperate with them and partner with selected OEMs“, said David Jones, General Manager of RUAG Aviation Malaysia. “The successful audit by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) combined with EASA Part 145 approval affirms and supports our objective to become the partner of choice.”

As an experienced provider of full life cycle support on both civil and military aircraft, RUAG Aviation offers a comprehensive portfolio of aviation services. It maintains an extensive network of aviation partners both within Asia and worldwide.

“This engagement is strongly enhancing and strengthening the Malaysian aviation industry with reliable and fast turnaround times to high Swiss quality standards”, said Stephan Jezler, Senior Vice President RUAG Aviation International. “Together with our well established Australian facility this new MRO centre will also strengthen our network in the region to better support customers."

Servicing aircraft and helicopters throughout their entire life cycle,RUAG's core competencies include maintenance, repair and overhaul services, upgrades, and the development, manufacturing and integration of subsystems.