Mexico has validated Rotortrade’s US maintenance facility following a comprehensive audit, thereby extending recognition of its FAA Part 145 capabilities.
The approval from the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC) authorises Rotortrade MRO Latrobe to perform maintenance, inspections, repairs, modifications, and retrofit work on helicopters registered in Mexico under AFAC regulations, including commercial and private operators.
The certification, in the form of Mexico’s Workshop Certificate Convalidation (Convalidación de Certificado de Taller de Mantenimiento Aeronáutico), recognises the facility’s existing FAA Part 145 capabilities and enables Rotortrade to directly support Mexican operators from its US base.
Philippe Lubrano, CEO of Rotortrade, said: “Our objective has always been to provide customers with seamless support wherever they operate. This AFAC approval represents another important milestone in the development of our US MRO capabilities and allows us to better serve the growing Mexican helicopter market with certified maintenance solutions.”
Located at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Pennsylvania, Rotortrade MRO Latrobe has rapidly established itself as a key pillar of the company’s global maintenance strategy.
The facility is currently approved to maintain Bell 206, 407, 412 and 429 helicopters, Airbus H130, H135 and H145 models, as well as Leonardo AW119 and AW109 series aircraft. As an official dealer for Garmin, Astronautics and Skytrac,
Rotortrade MRO Latrobe also provides OEM-supported avionics installations, mission equipment integration and cockpit modernisation programs, offering customers a single source for maintenance, customisation and advanced aircraft upgrades.
The addition of AFAC validation enables the facility to support Mexican-registered helicopters while further establishing Latrobe as a strategic maintenance hub serving operators across North and Latin America.
Together with Rotortrade’s EASA-approved Maintenance Center in Tallard, France, and the future Rotortrade Helipark in Riyadh, the Latrobe facility forms part of a growing global MRO network designed to provide harmonised maintenance, retrofit, avionics integration and lifecycle support across multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
