Sri Lanka designs aircraft solutions for the world

Sri Lanka is the proud home to AmSafe Bridport, one of the leading manufacturers and designers of complex aircraft solutions which has expanded continuously since starting in 2001 with an initial investment of Rs. 500 million.

Providing solutions from fueling an aircraft in-flight to fire containment covers that could resolve the issue of laptop bans on airlines in the US, this US owned company by Transdigm is today given autonomy in running its operations from Sri Lanka, AmSafe Bridport Sri Lanka General Manager Chandani Ekanayaka said in an interview with the Business Times.

All major aircraft manufac- turers and a number of international airlines are customers of this company including carriers like British Airways, American Airlines, KLM, Air France, Japanese Airlines and All Nippon Airlines, she said. The company is located at the Wat h u p i t i w a l a E x p o r t Processing Zone at Nittambuwa.

Aviation products like cargo pallet nets are manufactured here to hold a pallet including tie-down straps used to transport cargo, it was explained.

These products required European, American and Chinese regulatory bodies’ approvals that is obtained independent of the parent company to design these to the required international standards, Ms. Ekanayaka said.

This company has been able to provide solutions like fore containments that could help in using a cover that can hold 800 degrees Celsius inside the cover and “with the recent ban people come to us for the solution that has gained approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) having entered the market after eight