SIA Engineering (Philippines) Corporation (SIAEP), a subsidiary of SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC), has become the first Embraer-authorised service centre for Embraer’s E-Jets E2 family of aircraft in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
SIAEP, through the centre, will perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for the aircraft.
SIAEP has been an authorised service centre in APAC for Embraer’s first-generation E-Jets since 2017. It has three hangars in Clark, Philippines.
Embraer’s Services & Support footprint is said to be a growing and important development for the Brazilian aerospace firm’s expansion strategy in APAC.
The company’s E-Jets fleet in APAC is operated by airlines in Singapore, Australia, India, Myanmar, Japan and China.
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) subsidiary Scoot is said to have a “firm order” of nine E190-E2 jets. Two of them have begun flights since May.
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“SIAEP has been a key partner for Embraer in the region in the last years. With this new agreement, SIAEP becomes even more strategic for the future of our company in the region, as the E2 fleet grows. We are very pleased with this step ahead on our long-term partnership”, says Frank Stevens, vice president of global MRO centres for Embraer Services & Support.
“We are delighted to extend our existing partnership with Embraer and play a key role in supporting their growth in the APAC region. We look forward to providing quality and efficient base maintenance services to the E2 fleet at our facility in Clark,” adds Jeremy Yew, SIAEC’s senior vice president base maintenance.
Shares in SIAEC closed 4 cents lower or 1.65% down at $2.38 on Sept 25.
