Two Dubai 2009 air show visitors take a detailed look at a piston engine on a Diamond DA42 twin exhibited
on the static display. Western companies are tightening their links with Middle Eastern ones, notably through
maintenance joint ventures, to take advantage of the region’s still bright prospects for air transport.
Credit: Thierry Dubois
maintenance hangar, which is slated “The driving factor behind AMES’ signed at the Jafza pavilion during
to open in 2011. creation is the opportunity to sup- the show. AMES expects to benefit
Lufthansa is supporting the con- port the Middle East’s sizable jetliner from Jafza’s “excellent logistics and
struction from design to implemen- fleets of Airbus A320s, A330s, A340- operational facilities.”
tation. Planned to be “one of the 500/600s, A380s and Boeing 777s,” François Vitti, AMES’s manager for
world’s largest hangars,” the building the two companies stated. They operations and customer support,
will be outfitted with maintenance highlighted their relationship with said the company will “support its
docks and workshops and turned the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) as a customers by optimizing their main-
over to the customer ready for oper- company. A lease agreement was tenance programs and also respond
ation. “In the process, [Doha airport]
will benefit from Lufthansa Technik’s
experience with the construction
of A380 hangars in Frankfurt and
Beijing,” Henningsen said.
Lufthansa Technik’s arch-rival, Air
France Industries/KLM, is going to
settle in the Jebel Ali free zone,
near DWC-AMI airport, for its 50-50
joint venture with engine nacelle
manufacturer Aircelle. The company
has been dubbed Aerostructures
Middle East Services (AMES). The
107,000-square-foot service facility
is to be operational early next year.
Maintenance, repair and overhaul will
be available for nacelles on engines
from CFM International, General
Dubai airshow visitors walk in front of the static line, where business, commercial and military aircraft can be seen.
The United Arab Emirates are negotiating the purchase of Dassault Rafale fighters, which has spurred the creation of
Electric (GE), Pratt & Whitney and
military support joint ventures between the French industry and local partners.
Rolls-Royce.
Credit: Thierry Dubois
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