AMAC Aerospace reports 25% rise in Bombardier maintenance projects and adds gate-to-gate connectivity STC

AMAC Aerospace Group of Companies says the number of completed Bombardier maintenance projects has risen 25% compared with last year. The company is about to carry out its third Bombardier Global Express 8C inspection within a single year. One of its Basel hangars is dedicated to business jets, where it has invested significantly in Bombardier aircraft.

AMAC Aerospace was founded in 2007 with the construction of its first hangar in Basel, Switzerland. It now operates eight hangars, five of them in Basel and the others across Europe, Turkey, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, providing maintenance, modification and completion services for mid-size, narrow-body and wide-body jets. The company says many customers use its one-stop-shop approach, with all workshops in-house, and often upgrade their aircraft during scheduled maintenance.

Connectivity is described as an area of particularly strong modification demand, with operators increasingly requesting Starlink and Gogo Galileo. AMAC Aerospace has developed a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) enabling gate-to-gate connectivity, giving passengers internet access from pre-flight and takeoff through landing rather than only during cruise. In recent months it has installed connectivity solutions on several Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Gulfstream aircraft, and it was the first MRO worldwide to install Gogo Galileo FDX on a Bombardier Global 5000.

At Bodrum, Turkey, AMAC Aerospace runs a mixed-service model: commercial line and base maintenance in winter, VIP aviation support in summer. For the coming winter season, AMAC Aerospace Bodrum reports increased demand from local customers and has signed contracts with several long-term and new customers, covering both commercial and VIP aircraft operators.

Sister company JCB Aero in Auch, France, launched MRO operations in October 2024 alongside its core composite and carbon-fibre manufacturing, completion and engineering business, using its DOA and POA approvals. It has since completed numerous maintenance projects for Airbus aircraft and has obtained Part 145 approval for Boeing aircraft, covering base and line maintenance on the Boeing B737-600, B737-700, B737-800 and B737-900. Its hangar recently held five narrow-body aircraft simultaneously.

The pattern described here is one in which a scheduled inspection doubles as the moment an owner decides on a cabin or avionics upgrade. A shop that can do the inspection, the installation and the paperwork under one roof captures both jobs, which explains why the company stresses its in-house workshops. For Bombardier operators, the growth in project count and the repeat Global Express 8C inspections suggest that independent MROs are building depth on a type family long served mainly by the manufacturer's own network.

The connectivity STC points to where modification spending is concentrating. Satellite service choices such as Starlink and Gogo Galileo are now purchased as aircraft equipment, so an MRO's value rests on holding approvals for specific airframe and antenna combinations. Gate-to-gate coverage changes what passengers and crews expect from a cabin, and operators comparing shops will weigh which types and systems each one is already certified for.

The seasonal Bodrum model and JCB Aero's move into Part 145 Boeing work show the same logic applied to capacity: shifting between commercial and VIP work as demand moves, and adding approvals to fill a hangar. The next evidence would be the winter Bodrum contracts turning into aircraft on the floor and a further Bombardier inspection completing in the Basel business-jet hangar.