RBI Hawker Australia has been appointed a rotor blade repair service centre for Leonardo Helicopters. The Brisbane-based facility has been operating in Australia since receiving its Part 145 maintenance organisation approval from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in June 2021. It was appointed a customer service facility for Bell in July 2021.
With this latest approval, RBI Hawker Australia is authorised to offer OEM-approved helicopter rotor blade repair services to Leonardo AW139 and AW109 models from its 1,000 m² maintenance facility in Eagle Farm, Brisbane.
RBI Hawker has been providing maintenance support to both commercial and military helicopter operators in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and wider regions from Dubai since 2005. It is the authorized Bell CSF and Leonardo Service Center with an extensive OEM-approved standard and expanded repair portfolio.