RBI Hawker Australia, a joint venture between Hawker Pacific Airservices, a Jet Aviation company, and Bell, has been awarded ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certifications for its quality management and occupational health and safety management systems. Since commencing operations in Australia in 2021, the Brisbane-based rotor blade repair service centre continues to build on its capabilities to better meet customer needs.

ISO 9001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system and is used to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. This certification is complemented by ISO 45001, which is the world's first international standard dealing with health and safety at work. It gives guidance to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.

“We were able to successfully gain this recognition by meeting our strategic business objectives, focusing on seamless quality and service, and protecting the health and safety of our employees, customers and visitors,” says Jet Aviation vice president north east Asia Ian D'Arcy. "I am very proud of the team who leveraged their experience, knowledge and passion in attaining these certifications. Our customers appreciate both our commitment to the highest international standards and the breadth of our support capabilities. We look forward to delivering increased efficiencies in repair operations to benefit our customers.”

RBI Hawker (Middle East) has been providing maintenance support to both commercial and military helicopter operators in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and wider regions since 2005. Both RBI Hawker locations are authorised Bell CSF and Leonardo service centres with an extensive OEM-approved standard and expanded repair portfolio.