ST Aerospace opens VIP jet repair centre at Seletar

by CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, TOM BALLANTYNE  

March 1st 2016

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The Singapore Seletar Aerospace interiors centre, officially opened in mid-February, is equipped with facilities that “allow aircraft owners to work with in-house designers to visualise the interior of their aircraft through 3D renderings and 3D printing of scale models that give the most realistic impression of each element before the production phase,” said ST Aerospace. Read More »

ST Aerospace’s latest venture, a facility to equip and maintain private jets, is the first of its kind in the region. The MRO company entered the VIP aircraft completion and refurbishment business in 2011 through its U.S. affiliate, VT San Antonio Aerospace. Operating as AERIA Luxury Interiors, the Texas-based centre specializes in completions and refurbishment of Airbus and Boeing aircraft and benefits from access to the skilled craftsmen and engineering talent pool in the U.S. state.

Now ST Aerospace has expanded its VIP aircraft interior offerings on the back of the successful build-up in San Antonio and set up the VIP Aircraft Interiors Centre in Singapore. “We see potential in reaching out to customers in this region for VIP aircraft interiors,” said Lim Serh Ghee, president of ST Aerospace.

“Besides increasing our geographical footprint to provide convenience to customers in this region, what is also exciting is the amount of skills transfer involved. New skills are imparted from our successful set-up in the U.S., to ensure we offer the same level of aesthetics, engineering and on-time delivery in Singapore,” he said.

By going up the value chain at Seletar, its 70 staff will provide VIP luxury cabin interior design, engineering, installation and maintenance services to customers from across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, the MRO said.

Executive vice president, aircraft maintenance and modification of ST Aerospace, Ang Chye Kiat, said the company had noticed rising demand from aircraft operators for VIP aircraft cabin interior refreshes to be done at the same time as heavy maintenance.