Sepang, 25th November 2021 – Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), a wholly-owned AirAsia Group subsidiary and leading provider of engineering services in Southeast Asia, recently performed the first installation of the award-winning GX Aviation inflight broadband solution of Inmarsat, a world leader in global mobile satellite communications, onboard an AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft.
This is a milestone for ADE since their founding in September 2020 to consolidate AirAsia Group’s engineering and MRO assets to provide a centralised support service for all commercial airlines in the region. They have future plans to establish a one-stop shop for airlines that want to operate a fully connected fleet using their end-to-end engineering and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) expertise and Inmarsat’s market-leading connectivity solutions with the goal of becoming the preferred GX Aviation installation partner in Southeast Asia. ADE has already obtained base maintenance approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) and Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, with approval from five additional authorities expected before the end of 2021.
Chris Rogerson, Vice President of Global Sales of Inmarsat Aviation, stated that their partnership with AirAsia Group, their largest customer, was successful because of their shared passion for the opportunities of digitalisation and connectivity, and looked forward to collaborating further on GX Aviation installations with ADE.
Mahesh Kumar, CEO of Asia Digital Engineering, shared the positive opinion about the new partnership and looked forward to future expansion of both GX Aviation installations and ADE’s growth as a market-leader.
