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Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot

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Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot Sdn Bhd
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryAerospace
Defence
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Headquarters
Selangor
,
Malaysia
Websitewww.airod.com.my

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.[1]

History

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules is one of the aircraft type service by AIROD

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.[2]

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 77.4-acre (313,000 m2) 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.[3]

Facilities and capabilities

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AIROD facilities entrance (Gate A)

Source:[4]

Aircraft MRO, modification and upgrades

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  • 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

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  • Rolls-Royce T56/501
  • General Electric CT58/T58
  • Pratt & Whitney PT6

Aero & avionics components maintenance, repair & overhaul

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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

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Fixed wing

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Military

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  • 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)[5]
  • Yemen Air Force (YAF)

Non-military

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Malaysia Services - MATRADE".
  2. ^ "Airod Official Page".
  3. ^ "AAR Announces Joint Venture with AIROD | AAR".
  4. ^ "Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod".
  5. ^ "Airod secures contract to maintain US Navy aircraft". 9 November 2015.
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