Dornier Technology Appoints New CEO

25 March 2022

Featured photo from Dornier Technology shows Nikos Gitsis, the new CEO of the company.

Aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider Dornier Technology announced Thursday the appointment of Company President Nikos Gitsis to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing Janus A. Reyes, as it looks to expand the organization’s business. It also announced the appointment of Joseph Espiritu as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Gitsis is also a director of Philippine cargo airline Seair International and Philippine ground handling provider Transnational Aviation Support Services (TASSI), the company said.

Gitsis says "he is focused on growing the MRO business in the Philippines by expanding the company’s customer base to include operators from around the region."

Dornier Technology was founded in 2008 and was a spin-off of a Philippine regional airline SEAIR, that was later sold to Tiger Airways Philippines, and later to Cebu Pacific turboprop subsidiary Cebgo.

The MRO company, which has its heavy maintenance base at Clark International Airport outside Manila, employs 180 people. It also has line maintenance stations in  Manila, Cebu, Kalibo, Tagbilaran, Davao and Puerto Princesa.

“We are inside Clark’s special tax-free economic zone, so our clients can benefit from an expedited process for the import and export of aircraft parts and components,” says Gitsis.

Dornier Technology is a more price competitive MRO organization due to its convenient location in the region and the fact the Philippines has a large pool of skilled, qualified maintenance technicians and engineers, he adds.

Dornier Technology is certified by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation (MOLIT) and Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as an approved MRO organization.

The company says it can do line and heavy maintenance for: Airbus A320-family; Boeing 737 classics such as the -200, -300, -400, -500 series; ATR 42 and ATR 72; British Aerospace/Avro BAe 146/RJ, Dornier 328 and Let 410. It also provides: technical training, fleet management, engine support as well as maintenance of aero systems, such as avionics.