Global helicopter services company PHI Aviation is opening its MRO services to external clients in a bid to broaden its business. The services it will provide from its 170,000-sq-ft MRO facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, include routine maintenance and inspections, pre-buy and lease return inspections, and paint finishes for a variety of aircraft component types.
With designated airworthiness representative and designated engineering representative authorizations, it also will offer complex modifications to existing systems, managing the entire design and build process in-house. PHI also operates several specialized shops in Lafayette such as avionics, specialty machining, and custom upholstery.
"With aircraft becoming bigger and more technologically advanced, more businesses are needing specialist-level MRO capabilities and PHI is expertly placed to meet this need,” said PHI Aviation managing director Keith Mullett. “Introducing our MRO services to the market is also a core part of our diversification focus and complements our work in energy, search and rescue, air medical, and marine pilot transfers services.”