In conjunction with the Singapore Airshow 2018, Jet Aviation (Stand CD45) tonight will host the grand opening of its Hangar 3 at Singapore’s Seletar Airport. The 3,850-square-meter (41,440-square-foot) facility brings Jet Aviation’s total hangar space in Singapore to 11,650 sq m (125,400 sq ft). Like Hangar 2, which opened in 2014, the facility was built in cooperation with the Singapore Economic Development Board and Jurong Town Council Corporation in response to the growing fleet of large, long-range business jets in the region and demand for their support services.

Hangar 3 can accommodate two Boeing Business Jets (BBJs) or Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJs), or five Gulfstream G550-size aircraft, and includes a large interior shop, drying rooms, a soft goods area and woodshop. Hangar 2 can accommodate up to five of Gulfstream’s G650s or five Bombardier Global 7000s (the latter expected to enter service in the second half of this year).

“Jet Aviation is fully committed to meeting the needs of our customers as close to demand as possible,” said John Riggir, general manager of Jet Aviation’s MRO and FBO facility in Singapore and vice president of the Switzerland-based company’s Asia operations. “Whether that means investing in infrastructure or the latest technologies, we remain focused on meeting their requirements to the highest quality and safety standards, which this new hangar clearly demonstrates.”

Riggir noted Jet Aviation was named Best MRO (Singapore/Hong Kong) at the Asian Business Aviation Association’s Icons of Aviation Awards last November, and was designated a BBJ factory authorized service center and authorized warranty repair facility the following month. The facility is also authorized as an upholsterer of Rockwell Collins (formerly B/E Aerospace) 16G seating.

Here at the show, Jet Aviation is also serving as the exclusive handler of all customer demonstration flights by appointment of event organizer Experia Events. Said Experia’s managing director, Leck Chet Lam, “We selected Jet Aviation to handle all the customer demonstration flights due to their high industry standards and professionalism.”