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Metrojet Establishes Manila AOG Support Center
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The office is a satellite operation from the company's main MRO center at Clark International Airport
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Metrojet Engineering Clark (MEC), Hong Kong aircraft charter and management provider Metrojet’s MRO facility in the Philippines, has introduced a satellite aircraft-on-ground (AOG) response station at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL) to assist in handling operation-critical aircraft repairs.
The AOG support operation at RPLL includes tools, ground service equipment, and other assets to increase the company’s response time for its customers there.
“We are seeing a growth in flying activities and AOG requests in Manila and would like to equip ourselves to provide swift and quality turnaround AOG services to our current customer base and those in need of support,” said MEC general manager Sarith Vaikuntan. “The station in Manila will ease the response time from Clark to Manila, thus returning the aircraft to service in a much shorter time.”
Based at Clark International Airport in central Luzon, the primary MEC facility opened in 2021 with a nearly 80,000-sq-ft hangar that can accommodate multiple business aircraft. In addition to approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), it holds maintenance authorizations from the U.S. FAA, Cayman Islands CAA, Qatar QCAA, Isle of Man CAA, San Marino CAA, and the South Korea MOLIT for heavy and line maintenance.