Aircraft maintenance and repair
Kathya Sánchez
ksanchez@investlbdev.consiti.com
Mobile: +503 7071 7041
With over 35 years of experience, El Salvador has established itself as an international benchmark in aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services. It offers a reliable and specialized ecosystem that operates under the highest industry standards. The MRO sector in the country provides around 200 services to international airlines, with proven experience in the main aircraft brands, including Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer, among others.
El Salvador has a constantly modernizing airport infrastructure and an expanding market, factors that drive the growth of the MRO sector and create opportunities for investors. In addition, the country offers attractive tax incentives that facilitate entry and strengthen profitability in a booming market, backed by the government’s active support for the development of the aviation industry.
International Airport Passenger Traffic Growth, 2023
Exports of maintenance and repair services in 2023
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The current Government of El Salvador has identified that the aeronautical industry is one of the sectors with exceptional potential, increasingly attractive and dynamic in El Salvador, from which technological development, employment, investment and tourism are promoted through air connections.
- Commercial aircraft and helicopter maintenance operations.
- Finishing process operations.
- Painting and maintenance of commercial aircraft interiors.
- Engineering services.
- Aeronautical ground services.
Investing in
El Salvador
- El Salvador has a privileged geostrategic position thanks to its proximity to the world’s largest aviation market.
- The safest country in the Western Hemisphere in 2024, with a dollarised economy that offers stability and certainty for investors seeking profitable opportunities.
- Robust ecosystem that supports the aeronautical services industry, highlighted by the presence of MRO Holdings, one of the main MROs in the Americas, and Avianca’s main HUB in Central America.
In addition, it has specialised aerospace schools and a committed government, strengthening the installed infrastructure and providing a solid base for the competitiveness and growth of the sector.
- Through the International Services Act, aeronautical services companies have access to one of the most attractive incentives in the region, with full exemption from corporate taxes and levies during the period of operation.
- Specialised real estate offer in the aerospace segment, located in service parks and strategic free zones.
Aeroman is a leader in major maintenance, modification and painting of aircraft for some of the world’s leading airline owners and operators.
With over 35 years of experience, it is one of the largest aviation maintenance companies in the world, capable of servicing over 35 aircraft simultaneously within six hangars.
Aeroman is considered the leading MRO in the Americas, providing the best service and value in the industry based on world-class performance levels in safety, quality, turnaround time, service and cost.
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