Singapore Airlines and Heston MRO Extend Maintenance Agreements

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Heston MRO extended their MRO partnership for another three years. Under the newly extended agreements, Heston MRO will handle all incoming and departing SIA passenger flights in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, utilizing Boeing 777, 787 and Airbus 350, 380 aircraft types.

The handling agreements also cover SIA’s Boeing 747 freighter flights to Melbourne. Under the signed extended agreements, the scope of services include full handling of aircraft transits, defect rectification, local warehousing and logistics support. “This is great positive news for Heston MRO in the Covid-19 affected aviation world,” said Asta Zirlyte, CEO of Heston MRO. “Despite the current travel restrictions, airlines in Australia and South East Asian region are gearing up for the post-pandemic market recovery. Heston MRO is positioning itself to play an active role in the upcoming market recovery.”