Leading business aviation airport operators Milano Prime, Sirio and SEA Prime have unveiled a state-of-the-art hangar at Milan Linate Prime Airport in Italy. Named Hangar X, the facility will provide European maintenance services for Flexjet’s fleet of business jets. Flexjet is the sister company of Sirio.

The 4,700 m.2. hangar, which was built over a 12-month period by One Works, is the 11th such facility at the Italian hub and increases the overall hangar space at the airport to 30,000 m.2. The dedicated maintenance hangar will allow Sirio to expand its capacity and offer the entire maintenance process in one single location with underfloor heating, a crane and a design that provides plenty of natural light from all four sides to the hangar floor.

Armando Brunini, CEO of SEA declared that the new infrastructure represents an important milestone for the SEA Group in a growing business environment. He was joined at the opening ceremony by Chiara Dorigotti, CEO of SEA Prime, who added: “SEA Prime’s investment follows the double-digit business aviation traffic growth in 2022 of 20% vs 2021, which continues in the first quarter of 2023 and meets the increasing demand for premium hangar space at Milano Prime. We are proud of this new achievement setting the pace for further expansion.”

Meanwhile, Kenn Ricci, Principal of Directional Aviation, the parent company of both Sirio and Flexjet said: “Aircraft maintenance is a lynchpin of our industry and it is fantastic to see this truly impressive new facility brought to life, underpinning the next phase of growth for Sirio.

“For Flexjet, having expansive, industry-leading maintenance support within the same group differentiates us based on safety, reliability and efficiency – allowing us greater control over our fleet and dispatch reliability and the ability to offer the very highest levels of service. This follows our model in the US, where we have a fully dedicated in-house maintenance resource for Flexjet, following the acquisition of Constant Aviation earlier this year. Together this gives our global organisation the largest maintenance support structure in business aviation.”

Hangar X has been awarded a design rating of ‘Excellent’ under the globally recognised Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) sustainability standards. It also received a score of 87.4% for sustainability features, including a wastewater recovery and recycling system and solar energy panels across the entire roof.

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