AMAC Aerospace is reporting increased demand across maintenance, completion and modification services, led by a 25% rise in Bombardier maintenance projects at its Basel, Switzerland, operation compared with 2025. The group is preparing its third 8C inspection of a Bombardier Global Express during 2026, while new work includes a Challenger medevac conversion and Gogo FDX connectivity installations.
The medevac-equipped Challenger is scheduled to arrive in early 2027, with a possible second project in 2028. The aircraft will also receive Gogo FDX, a system AMAC is installing on an Airbus ACJ319 and plans to fit to a Bombardier Global 5000 as the first company worldwide. Further FDX contracts have been signed for narrow-body aircraft over the following three months, with additional opportunities under discussion.
Self-defence-system activity remains ongoing. AMAC has equipped nine aircraft since 2016, completed an ACJ330 installation earlier this year and has two Bombardier Challengers in progress. Customers are also showing renewed interest in full-scale cabin mock-ups before finalising completion designs.
In August, group company JCB Aero received Boeing Part 145 approval for base and line maintenance on 737-600, -700, -800 and -900 aircraft at Auch, France. The approval expands the facility’s capabilities beyond its Airbus Part 145 authorisation, held since it began MRO services in 2024.