The RBI Hawker Australia facility is a new 1,000 square-meter hangar based in Eagle Farm, Brisbane
10 June 2021: RBI Hawker recently received Part 145 maintenance organization approval from Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for its new rotary blade repair facility in Brisbane, Australia. This approval authorizes the company to commence operations. The RBI Hawker Australia facility is a new 1,000 square-meter hangar based in Eagle Farm, Brisbane. The facility offers advanced repair and static balance techniques for Rotor Blade repair on all Bell helicopter models and Leonardo AW139 and AW109 models.
Ian D’Arcy, Jet Aviation’s vice president North East Asia said, “With this expansion, our goal is to ensure access to rotary repair services for customers in the Asia-Pacific region. We have continued to expand our service offering throughout our 15 years of operation and this CASA approval demonstrates our ongoing commitment to service support and excellence.”
Brendan McDonald, RBI Hawker’s operations manager in Australia, said, “Customers are increasingly looking for more local, accessible services in the Asia-Pacific region. Our new facility will help us remain the customer’s partner of choice, and we look forward to welcoming helicopter owners and operators to our new Australian location. Customers are increasingly looking for more local, accessible services in the Asia-Pacific region. Our new facility will help us remain the customer’s partner of choice, and we look forward to welcoming helicopter owners and operators to our new Australian location.”
RBI Hawker has been providing maintenance support to both commercial and military helicopter operators in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and wider regions from Dubai since 2005. They are an authorized Bell CSF and Leonardo Service Center with an extensive OEM-approved standard and expanded repair portfolio and are working to extend these same services and capabilities to Australian and Pacific operators.
