PAJS partners

The «Istres-Jean-Sarrail» aeronautical hub is a major economic operation carried out by the Aix Marseille Provence Metropolis and the city of Istres, financially supported at its origin by the Bouches-du-Rhone Departmental Council and supported by the South Region Paca.

VSM designs and sells services for Combat Search and Rescue Training. VSM trains lot of French and Foreign Forces in its facilities in Aeronautic pole Jean Sarrail.


Fortil is an engineering and technology consulting group. Our added value: bringing performance to our customers. Collaborating with Fortil means working with a community of technicians and engineers with a high level of expertise. Driven by the taste of the challenge, we have developed our aeronautical maintenance activity to offer you our expertise in this field. Our ambition is to contribute to building a more responsible, collective and inclusive world for our employees and customers. #PART145 #PART21 #1600engineers #MRO:12.00m²


JJGK Aero is a PART 145 / EMAR 145 Maintenance Repair & Overhaul center specialized on Super Puma Family helicopters AS332 and H225, The goal is to gather all the activities around the helicopter maintenance such as the painting department, the aiworthiness, the technical flights or the storage.


The UIMM Alpes Méditerranée has created an Industrial Boilermaking Production School, an innovative structure approved by the National Federation of Production Schools (FNEP). In this future school year 2023-2024, the School of Production will welcome in Istres 45 students who will prepare the CAP RICS (Industrial achievements in boilermaking or welding) and a boilermaking-nuclear welding option in partnership with EDF.