Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot Sdn Bhd or AIROD is a Malaysian aerospace company engaged in providing aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. The name AIROD is an acronym that stands for Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot.
History
It was established in 1975 as the only in-country facility to support the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft. In 1985, AIROD was privatised as a joint-venture company between Malaysia's National Aerospace & Defence Industries Bhd (NADI) and Lockheed Aircraft Systems International (LASI) of the US.
Today, AIROD is a fully Malaysian-owned company under the NADI group of companies and is a leading MRO facility providing services to regional and global customers in the Southeast Asian region.
AIROD's multimillion-dollar MRO facility is located at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SAAS) Airport Complex at Subang, northwest of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city, where it occupies a site on the northeastern side of the runway. The facility includes both narrow- and wide-body aircraft hangars, a paint and strip hangar, support shops, and engine test cells. In January 2005, a partnership agreement was established between AIROD Malaysia and AAR Corporation to establish a regional MRO centre for landing gears in Subang.
Facilities and capabilities
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Aircraft MRO, modification and upgrades C-130 fuselage stretch C-130 tanker conversion Mi-171 airborne fire fighting system Scheduled maintenance Avionics modernization / upgrade Service life extension Rewiring NVIS modification System integration Structural modification Ageing aircraft program Interior refurbishment & conversion Corrosion control / repair Crash damage repair
Engine maintenance repair and overhaul
Rolls-Royce T56/501 General Electric CT58/T58 Pratt & Whitney PT6
Aero & avionics components maintenance, repair & overhaul
Mechanical components Propellers Wheels, tires & brakes Gear boxes Rotor heads Landing gears Hydraulic servos & actuators Drive shafts Fuel control units Rotor balancing Fuel / oil pumps Fuel governors Fuel nozzles Fuel flow dividers
Avionics components Flight instruments Electrical components Communications & navigation equipment Wire harness fabrication Electronics & precision measurement PME calibration Aircraft batteries’ servicing
Aircraft Fixed wing
Boeing 727-200 / 737-200 / 737-900 (BBJ) Bombardier Regionel Jet / Global Express Dassault Falcon F900 Lockheed Martin C-130 / L-100 / KC-130-J CN-235 Fokker F-28 Pilatus PC-7 Pilatus PC-7 Mk II Beechcraft King Air B200T Northrop F-5 BAE Hawk 108 / 208 Alenia Aermacchi MB339AM/CM
Rotary wing Sikorsky S61A / S70A Agusta Westland Super Lynx Mk300 Agusta A109 LOH / LUH Agusta Westland A109P/E Agusta Westland AW139 Mil Mi-17 / 171 Aerospatiale Alouette IIIB
Customer
Military Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Botswana Defense Forces (BDF) Ecuador Air Force (FAE) Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) Kuwait Air Force (KAF) Libyan Air Force (LAF) Malaysian Army Aviation (MAA) Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Philippine Air Force (PAF) Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Royal Malaysian Police Air Unit (RMPAU) Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) United States Air Force (USAF) United States Marine Corps (USMC) Yemen Air Force (YAF)
Non-military Air Niugini, Papua New Guinea DERCO Aerospace Inc., USA Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia Fire & Rescue Department (Bomba), Malaysia SAFAIR, South Africa Transafrik International, Uganda Weststar Aviation, Malaysia Aventura Aviation Gading Sari Mafira Air Neptune Air Pacific Air Pegasus Air Repex Royal Air Cambodge Sempati Air Transmile Air
References
External links AIROD