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Bombardier quadruples Singapore facility size as Apac business jet activity expected to surpass pre-pandemic

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Tay Peck Gek

Tay Peck Gek

Published Thu, Jun 30, 2022 · 10:21 PM
    • Bombardier's Singapore Service Centre at Seletar Aerospace Park is expected to support more than 2,000 business jet visits annually.
    • Bombardier's Singapore Service Centre at Seletar Aerospace Park is expected to support more than 2,000 business jet visits annually. PHOTO: BOMBARDIER

    BOMBARDIER expects business jet activities in Asia Pacific to exceed pre-pandemic, and is looking at hiring about 100 in Singapore after an US$85 million expansion for its service centre here.

    Chief executive Eric Martel, who spoke to the media on Thursday (Jun 30) before the opening ceremony for the expanded facility, said he has observed the level of business jet activities in Asia Pacific is now 8 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels.

    Activities in North America and Europe, by contrast, have exceeded pre-pandemic levels and are about 20 per cent more. The higher level of activities is because these regions reopened their borders earlier than Asia Pacific amid pent-up travel demand.

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