with Turkish Technic was to open its
new premises this December. Called
Turkish Engine Center, it is situated
at the Sabiha Gokcen international
airport in the Anatolian peninsula.
The 269,000-square-foot facility
is planned to overhaul up to 200
V2500-A5 and CFM56 engines per
year, once fully operational.
An emphasis is being put on the
environmental efficiency of the build-
ing. It was planned to use up to 20 %
of recycled material in its construc-
tion. A “portion of its energy load” is
to be supplied by renewable sources.
Moreover, water consumption on the
site is expected to be 40 % lower
than that of conventional facilities.
Turkish Engine Center was designed
to meet the gold standards of the US
Green building council leadership in
Lufthansa Technik claims to have a high level of activity in VIP completions of airliners. At the Dubai airshow, the
German firm also announced the forming of a joint venture with Oman Air to offer third-party maintenance.
energy and environmental design.
Credit: Thierry Dubois
Another aircraft engine maker, GE,
to specific needs, including the on- kingdom. Saudi Arabian’s EcoPower and Emirates have signed a memo-
wing inspection and repair of engine service centers will be located in randum of understanding on GE90
podding.” The new enterprise’s gen- Jeddah and Riyadh. Later expansion engine repair and testing. Under the
eral manager is Antoine Succar. in the country is envisaged. The car- MoU, Emirates has agreed to per-
Pratt & Whitney and Saudi rier will have the capability to wash form engine module and piece-part
Arabian Airlines signed an agree- Pratt & Whitney JT9Ds, PW4000s breakdown on GE90-115Bs in the
ment expanding Pratt & Whitney’s and PW2000s, General Electric region. It will also test GE90-115Bs
EcoPower engine wash service net- GE90s, CF6s and CF34s, Rolls-Royce at its facility in the Lehbab area—
work. Under the agreement, Saudi Trent 700s, IAE V2500s and CFM some 20 statute miles from Dubai
Arabian Airlines is allowed to wash International CFM56s. International airport. GE will ensure
its own engines and wash those of In Turkey, Pratt & Whitney’s Emirates has “the necessary material
commercial aircraft that fly within the engine maintenance joint venture and manpower support.”
SR Technics inks major deal with Etihad Dassault’s UAE sale prospects boost creation
of military ventures
SR Technics and Etihad Airways have concluded one of
the most significant maintenance agreements announced Engine manufacturer Snecma has created Snecbat Engine
at the Dubai 2009 airshow. A 10-year integrated com- Technologies, an Abu Dhabi-based joint venture with
ponent services (ICS) contract offers SR Technics an esti- Baynuna Aviation Technology (BAT) for engine maintenance.
mated $250 million of potential revenues. SR Technics Snecbat’s capabilities will include civil and military services.
will provide Etihad with component services for its The latter, however, will be a particular focus. The United
Airbus fleet, including future deliveries. The fleet cur- Arab Emirates have a fleet of Snecma M53-powered Mirage
rently consists of some 40 A320s, A330s and A340s. 2000s and are a prospect for the Dassault Rafale combat
Etihad, one of Airbus’ customers for the A380, has 10 aircraft, which uses a pair of M88s. Earlier this year, the other
examples of the behemoth airliner on order. two members of the Rafale team, Dassault and Thales, also
Component services include components exchange, created joint ventures with BAT. All of them want to be
maintenance and repair, engineering and logistics ser- ready if the UAE actually order Rafales.
vices, access to a components pool and component Missile manufacturer MBDA, too, has set up a joint ven-
management services. SR Technics is establishing a ture with BAT. MBDA Missile Technologies (BMT) is a 49-51
component stock in Abu Dhabi. The negotiations were effort between the European firm and BAT. According to
a joint effort between SR Technics and sister company MBDA, the idea is to show the UAE there is a full commit-
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), which is also ment to work with them and transfer some technologies,
part of the Mubadala Development Company. thus hopefully helping sales campaigns, including the Rafale
one. One of BMT’s first activities will be missile maintenance.
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