Dassault Aviation has opened a major maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in Kuala Lumpur as part of a drive to support Falcon operators in Southeast Asia. Operating under the ExecuJet brand, the facility will support 10 to 15 aircraft simultaneously, including Dassault’s largest in-production Falcon, the 6X, and the larger in-development 10X. The ExecuJet MRO network operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation.
The 149,500-sq-ft Kuala Lumpur center will serve as a hub of business aviation support for the Asia-Pacific region. Custom-designed to support business aircraft, the facility includes features such as a built-in overhead crane for aircraft engine changes. It replaces a smaller hangar.
Dassault Aviation addressed environmental factors in the design of the Kuala Lumpur complex, including energy-conserving LED lighting, solar electric panels, and rooftop rainwater collectors.
“Over the last half-decade, we have more than doubled our global support capacity and considerably modernized our MRO capability,” said Dassault Aviation senior v-p Jean Kayanakis. “We now have more than 60 service locations and 15 parts distribution centers around the world, along with the go teams necessary to support aircraft in the field 24/7 wherever they may be. This is part of a strategy aimed at keeping us as close as possible to our customers and offering all the services needed to maximize the uptime and value of their Falcon fleets.”