International Aerospace Coatings (IAC) secures a long-term lease on a wide-body and narrow-body hangar at Safi Aviation Park in Malta (MLA). The wide-body facility accommodates aircraft up to the Airbus A380, strengthening IAC’s infrastructure to serve new and existing customers.
This Malta site, combined with expansions in Texas, USA, and Teruel, Spain, elevates IAC’s global network from 19 to 25 facilities in coming months. In Teruel, IAC operates under a 25-year concession for a wide-body hangar, creating 80 skilled jobs and marking the airport’s first painting facility. A new adjacent wide-body hangar, set for groundbreaking in August 2025, will expand IAC’s portfolio to 21 hangars and increase paint lines from 30 to 32.
Martin O’Connell, IAC CEO, stated: “This represents an exciting opportunity for IAC to expand our growing global footprint. We see Malta as a strategically important location, and this expansion will help meet our increasing capacity requirements. I very much look forward to commencing operations at this new facility, building new relationships, and continuing to deliver the best-in-class service our customers expect from IAC.”
IAC, employing over 1,000 people globally, positions Malta as a key hub amid rising aviation service demands.