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SINGAPORE: ST Engineering officially opened its fourth aircraft maintenance facility in Singapore on Friday (Oct 9), a site that will use drones and autonomous mobile robots and employ over 500 people when fully operational.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of the jobs will be newly created, including licensed aircraft engineers, planning and production control specialists, mechanics, and warehouse and logistics personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n The S$170 million (US$133 million) Changi Creek facility began operations in May and will ramp up over the coming year. It will be ST Engineering\u2019s second-largest aerospace facility in Singapore, with four widebody aircraft bays at the 84,000 sq m site.<\/span><\/p>\n The facility adds 40 per cent capacity to the company\u2019s widebody airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) network in Singapore, potentially allowing 100 more widebody aircraft to be serviced each year.<\/span><\/p>\n ST Engineering said this gives customers greater flexibility and assured access to maintenance slots as airline fleets expand and aircraft stay in service longer.<\/span><\/p>\n President of commercial aerospace Kevin Chow said the facility reflects the company’s confidence in Singapore as an air hub.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe’re investing in the future and we are serving the growth of the market through Singapore. This is not just another hangar,\u201d he said, pointing to the technology-enabled operations.<\/span><\/p>\n