After establishing this new facility MAAS Aviation has experienced a dynamic growth trajectory surpassing 180 per cent over the past six years.
8 March 2021: MAAS Aviation, with a vision to combine base maintenance, painting and parking in one location has opened a new purpose-build paint shop at Kaunas Airport in Lithuania, adjacent to FL Technics MRO facilities. This set-up is extremely useful to minimize aircraft ground time which offers economic value and less complexity for lessors. After establishing this new facility MAAS Aviation has experienced a dynamic growth trajectory surpassing 180per cent over the past six years.
Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics said, ”As we are headquartered in Lithuania we are excited to be in a position to help MAAS Aviation launch their brand new facility in Kaunas.”
Saulius Bajarunas, COO at FL Technics added, “Integrations with trusted partners, such as MAAS Aviation, to deliver complex MRO (base maintenance) services, covering nose-to-tail aircraft delivery, painting and remarketing projects is a key focus for us from 2021 onwards.”
Tim Macdougald, CEO at MAAS Aviation said, “Demand for our paint shops has always exceeded supply, so this additional capacity supports our growth ambitions and represents a logical next step for u. Our partnership with FL Technics will enable us to combine services for the benefit of airline and leasing company customers that value technologically and environmentally advanced facilities. Together we can offer an outstanding aircraft asset redelivery center-of-excellence.”
From a lessor’s perspective, combining painting with the other base maintenance capabilities offered by FL Technics offers a streamlined experience, including the management and co-ordination of aircraft redeliveries which is expected to take on an increased relevance post COVID-19 due to the number of aircraft likely to change operator.
The MRO repainting sector is normally cyclical with winter peaks and for many years MAAS has juggled capacity constraints during these periods due to demand from its long-term contracted customers. Currently MAAS Aviation is exploring a lot of other expansion opportunities with respected partners which play to their strengths to deliver their world class services across a wider global footprint.
