Bombardier Business
Aircraft in collaboration with its partner the
Tianjin Airport Economic Area (TAEA) have announced
the opening of a state-of-the-art Service Centre in
Tianjin, China.
An inauguration event
was held on April 7, 2017, ahead of the Asian
Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE),
to officially open the Service Centre. The facility
uses the same processes and procedures that govern
Bombardier's worldwide network of Service Centres.
Located near
Beijing, the Tianjin Service Centre includes hangar
space, offices, as well as back shop areas totaling
over 8,500 square meters (95,766 square feet). It
offers maintenance, repair, overhaul, and associated
activities and services, and complements the
Bombardier Business Aircraft Support Network in
Asia.
"Bombardier
Business Aircraft has had the largest fleet in Asia
for the last 12 years. We are thrilled to bring the
expertise of our worldwide service network to
support our customers in the region. This major
investment, made in collaboration with TAEA,
demonstrates Bombardier's commitment to strengthen
its presence in China, as well as its confidence in
the future of the aviation industry in the region,"
said
Jean-Christophe Gallagher,
Vice President and General Manager, Customer
Experience, Bombardier Business Aircraft.
"We are delighted
to see the inauguration of our joint venture with
Bombardier and are committed to its success," said
Zhao Xuesen,
Vice President of Tianjin Airport Economic Area. "It
shows the vitality of the Tianjin aviation industry
and consolidates Tianjin's position as an emerging
aviation hub in China. The movement of business
aircraft reached 1,528 at the Tianjin Airport in
2016, a 17.36% increase from the previous year. With
China's growth strategy in place, a rapid expansion
of the business aviation industry can be anticipated
in Tianjin, in line with China's 13th Five-Year
Plan."
To date, the
Tianjin Service Centre has received its Civil
Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
certification for Global, Challenger 604, Challenger
605 and Challenger 850 aircraft, giving it full
authority and ability to perform 96-month
inspections for Challenger 600 series jets, and
120-month inspections for Global aircraft. Further
certifications and international capabilities will
be announced in the upcoming months.
As part of
Bombardier Business Aircraft's commitment to
operators in Asia, the new maintenance facility will
further strengthen Bombardier's customer support
network in China, which includes a team of Field
Service Representatives and Customer Support Account
Managers, as well as four Authorized Service
Facilities.
"The opening of
the Tianjin Service Centre demonstrates Bombardier's
priority to bring top maintenance services to our
Chinese customers, and ensure faster access to
support, closer to their base of operations," said
Lanny
Schindelmeiser,
General Manager, Bombardier Tianjin Aviation
Services Co., Ltd. "Our technicians have been
trained through a comprehensive program to deliver
the value-added experience Bombardier provides
throughout its worldwide network."
Bombardier's
latest market forecast for the aviation industry
predicts approximately 1,100 business jet deliveries
destined for Greater China, South Asia and the
Asia-Pacific regions over the next 10 years. With
its portfolio of innovative aircraft, Bombardier
Business Aircraft is well- ositioned to remain the
market leader. As of 2016, approximately 280
Bombardier Business Aircraft are based in Asia.
The Tianjin
Service Centre joins Bombardier Business Aircraft's
award-winning network of nine Service Centres, five
line maintenance stations and a total of 17 Customer
Response Team mobile units worldwide, all equipped
to support Bombardier Learjet, Challenger and Global
business aircraft. The network's approximately 1,000
dedicated technicians share best practices to
provide industry-leading maintenance and care.
Bombardier Business Aircraft customers also have
access to a broad network of nearly 50 Authorized
Service Facilities around the world. |