20/05/2026
Meet Asantha Jayakody,
Sixteen years of solid aircraft maintenance engineering experience, both in military and civil aviation. Starting from the Sri Lanka Air Force and ending up at Sri Lankan Airlines, with a stop at the Royal Air Force of Oman in between.
Asantha Jayakody began his journey in 2007 as an Airframe Mechanic with the Sri Lanka Air Force, maintaining Mi-171 helicopters, the Hercules C-130, the AN-32, the Cessna 150. He didn't just service them. He supervised line maintenance crews, managed ground support equipment, handled marshalling operations and kept an entire fleet mission ready.
By 2012 he had earned his Advanced Airframe Diploma with Gas Turbine Engine Familiarisation, then went on to complete specialist courses in Helicopter Rotor Blade Repair and Aircraft Structure Repair.
Then came Oman. The Royal Air Force, the Airbus Military CASA 295, fault diagnosis on hydraulics, engines, landing gear, pressurisation systems. A completely different environment and he adapted without missing a step.
He moved into composite and structure repair on the A320 and A330 with Sri Lankan Airlines, working with carbon fibre, glass, Kevlar, vacuum bagging and hot bonding processes. The kind of specialist work that very few people in the world are qualified to do. Sixteen years of showing up and being exceptional at every single one.
Today, Asantha is heading to Malta as an Aircraft Structures Technician. A new country. A new chapter. Built on a foundation that took sixteen years to lay.
Asantha, everything you have given to this industry brought you here. We are just glad we got to be part of the journey.
If you carry that kind of experience and you are ready for what comes next, find us at www.aerolaunch.net