Our Presence in Southeast Asia
Boeing’s longstanding partnership with Southeast Asia dates back to the 1940s when the region’s overall aviation industry was still in its infancy. Throughout the years, Boeing has played a vital role in the development of the region’s aerospace capabilities in the commercial, defense and services sectors.
Key markets where Boeing has a strong business footprint in the region include Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei and the Philippines. Singapore is Boeing’s Southeast Asia headquarters, where operations range from commercial aircraft and defense procurement, services support and training to advanced research collaboration with the public and private sectors.
Boeing continues to invest in Southeast Asia, which remains one of the fastest-growing markets in aviation. Boeing's Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) forecasts that rising air travel will see the airplane fleet in Southeast Asia growing five percent by 2040, resulting in the demand for more than 4400 new airplanes valued at $700 billion. Tied to economic and fleet growth, demand for maintenance, repair, overhaul and modifications account for a majority of projected commercial aviation services demand.
Boeing Subsidiaries in Southeast Asia
Jeppesen
Jeppesen, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is the world’s leading provider of transformative information and optimization solutions for improving the efficiency of aircraft operators around the world. As part of Boeing Global Services’ Digital Aviation & Analytics group, Jeppesen provides customers a competitive advantage by solving real operational problems, enabling better decisions, maximizing efficiency and improving environmental performance – intelligent solutions across the entire aviation ecosystem.
Aviall
Boeing acquired Aviall, a leading solutions provider of aftermarket supply-chain management services for the aerospace and defense industries in 2006. Aviall markets and distributes products for more than 240 manufacturers and offers approximately 2,000,000 catalog items from 40 customer service centers located in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company also has more than 5,600 shipments daily, 25,000 customers and 244 OEM product lines in the region.
Insitu Pacific
Insitu Pacific is the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc. and a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, established in 2009 to serve the needs of the Asia-Pacific region. Insitu Pacific specializes in unmanned aircraft systems for commercial and defence customers. The company’s ScanEagle and Integrator, deliver high-quality, combat-proven ISR for both land and maritime missions for commercial and defence operations Insitu’s portfolio also includes expertise on launch, recovery, payloads and ground control stations.
Boeing's Industrial Engagement in Southeast Asia
Partnership is key to Boeing’s success around the world. Boeing’s existing industrial partners in Southeast Asia are raising the bar to deliver world-class quality and productivity as they become an important part of the company’s global supply chain. Boeing's is committed to a long-term strategy for increasing investments in Southeast Asia in recognition of the capabilities and opportunities presented by the region's aerospace and defense industry, including expanded opportunities for supply chain.
More than 50 suppliers from the region based in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand are manufacturing critical systems and components, including aerostructures, electronic systems, landing gears, interiors, composites for some of Boeing’s most advanced commercial and defense aircraft. As part of its focus to bring the best of Boeing to Southeast Asia, Boeing collaborates with industrial suppliers on lean manufacturing techniques, program management, supplier management best practices and specialized training.
Boeing Global Engagement in Southeast Asia
Today, business and citizenship go hand-in-hand to create more advanced technologies, better communities and a brighter tomorrow. Boeing’s presence and continued leadership in Southeast Asia places the company in a unique position to contribute to the social fabric of the region.
Through purposeful investments, employee engagement and thoughtful collaborations, Boeing engages with its local communities at various levels. From educating farmers on sustainability practices to empowering victims of human trafficking, cleaning up coastal beaches to creating better classroom curriculum, the Boeing Global Engagement Southeast Asia effort is multi-faceted, highly localised and most importantly, committed to improving lives.
