Despite it being the first MRO service, SriLankan Airlines recently accomplished a successful heavy maintenance check on a Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A330 flight (Trent 700), marking its entry into the sector.

Another one of its many firsts, the Engineering division of SriLankan Airlines marked its foray into providing Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services for wide-bodied aircraft from the Southeast Asian region. According to a statement by the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, it recently accomplished a heavy maintenance check on a Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A330 flight (Trent 700).

The airline adds that in this year alone, several new customers have enrolled with SriLankan Engineering for line maintenance services in Colombo and the Maldives. The demand for base maintenance services has also been equally strong. Air-Sial and Salam Air enlisted for component maintenance services, while Cebu Pacific Air and Jazeera Airways became the newest customers of heavy maintenance services in 2023. 

It goes on to say that an increasing demand for its MRO services has also resulted in an increasing dollar revenue for SriLankan Engineering, which saw a 35 pc jump in earnings between the last two financial years. 

The airline says that over the course of four days, SriLankan Engineering carried out the extensive maintenance inspection on the Cebu Pacific Air aircraft in a wide-body hangar that has been approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). 

The statement adds that two Airbus A330 (CF6) aircraft of Serene Air were the subjects of the other two heavy maintenance checks performed by SriLankan Engineering for a customer airline during May.

SriLankan says that its engineering division’s achievements as a third-party base maintenance provider have been notably successful in view of its relative newness in the field.