Amac Aerospace has announced two more cabin interior contracts that the company has received for its Basel-based MRO and completion center. Both are for Middle East customers. One is for a cabin reconfiguration of a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), and the other is a refurbishment of a VVIP Airbus A320.

Taking an aircraft currently configured as an airliner, the A320-200 refurbishment will apply a nose-to-tail VVIP conversion. Included in the modification are a master bedroom, lavatory and shower. A state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system is to be installed, including video on demand and wireless streaming.

In the BBJ, Amac (Stand A13) is converting the main compartment into a VIP lounge with a separate club seating area. On each side of the cabin, the company’s engineers and craftsmen are installing new side ledges and electric high-low tables. Berthable divans are being added to increase the number of sleeping locations, while the rear of the cabin gains coffee tables. Amac is providing the design package.

Specializing in VVIP conversions, completions and refurbishments, Amac has to date delivered 10 such aircraft. Airbus aircraft completed so far comprise an A320, four ACJ319s and an A340, while Boeing aircraft comprise a BBJ2, 777-200LR and 777-300ER. The company also has recently completed a Bombardier Global Express, which is on display in the MEBA static park.

Currently in the hangar is a Boeing 747-8i that is due to be delivered to a Middle Eastern customer in the first quarter of next year, and an ACJ319 for Amac’s first customer in Asia. Next week the company is scheduled to take delivery of a green Boeing 777-200 to begin VVIP completion work for a head-of-state client.

To cater for continuing growth, Amac has recently broken ground on a fourth hangar at Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (see page 13). The company expects the new hangar to be used primarily for wide-body MRO work, a growing area of the company’s business. “We see a lot of opportunity in the narrow- and wide-body maintenance sector, and as this has rapidly become an area of expertise for Amac we will be focusing more on this segment,” noted Group COO Bernd Schramm. “We expect to see the ratio of refurbishment/completion and MRO projects to shift from a 70:30 split to 60:40, as the new building will increase our capacity for maintenance.”