PT Dirgantara Indonesia said it wants 30 percent of the national market for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) after it was appointed an authorized provider of spare parts and MRO service forRussian-made Sukhoi Superjets, says the state aerospace company ’s chief.

Dirgantara president director Budi Santoso said in Jakarta on Monday that the appointment would allow the Bandung-based airplane manufacturer to handle MRO bids for all variants of the Russian-made aircraft.

“Currently, we have secured just 5 percent of the MRO market share by servicing 100 aircraft per year, but with the appointment we hope we can increase our market share to 30 percent,” he said.

Private airline company PT Kartika Airlines, which recently signed a US$951 million contract to buy 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) airplanes, will be Dirgantara’s first client for the maintenance of the Russian-made medium-overhaul passenger planes.

Budi said that Kartika had named Dirgantara to handle the MRO works for its new fleet of Superjets.

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