Asia Digital Engineering to Build MRO Facilities at KLIA Aeropolis

Singapore, 15^th February 2022 – Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), the engineering arm of Capital A (formerly AirAsia Group), will be building integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in mid-2022. The document exchange ceremony between Mahesh Kumar, CEO of ADE, and Randhill Singh, Head of KLIA Aeropolis Sdn Bhd, took place at the 2022 Singapore Airshow.

The facilities will span over 380,000 square feet on 20.25 acres of land within the KLIA Aeronautrical Support Zone 1 (ASZ 1) under Malaysia Airports’ KLIA Aeropolis development and is expected to be completed within two years. The facilities will be able to provide heavy MRO services for up to 14 commercial aircraft at any time, making ADE the biggest MRO provider in Malaysia and one of the largest in the region.

Mahesh Kumar, CEO of ADE, expressed confidence of the facility’s ability to enter the Southeast Asia MRO market as a major player, and thanked Malaysia Airports for their ongoing support.