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ers at Shanghai Pudong Internation- will be undergoing C-Check. GMF has craft maintenance will determine the
alAirport. Augustus Tang, HAECO’s already received maintenance book- continuity of partnership with GMF.
CEO, said: “We have acquired share- ing schedule for works which will be “If they are satisfied with the results,
holding of SR Shanghai with the aim performed this year starting February Midex Airlines will send an aircraft
to expand HAECO Group’s line main- 2012. Aside from the 2012 maintenance under registration number A6-MDI
tenance service network in Mainland plan, Jet Airways and GMF have agreed to perform C-Check,” he said. Midex
China, strengthening competitiveness to perform maintenance plan in 2013. Airlines also plans to continue main-
of the Group.” “There will be around five aircrafts to tenance up to D-Check level in March
Pan Zong Jing, FASCO’s General be maintained on in 2014,” he said. 2012.
Manager, said: “We are pleased to Meanwhile, after signing a coopera- Further north, Malaysia Airlines en-
partner with HAECO and further de- tion agreement with GMF AeroAsia at gineering signed two engineering ser-
velop the line maintenance service in the Dubai Airshow in November last vice agreements at the LIMA Air Show
in December last year, along with a
MoU and an award letter .
A significant agreement was an
engineering agreement with Virgin
Australia for Boeing 737-700s and 737-
800s coming off lease until the end of
next year. MAE becomes the first in-
ternational MRO provider to Virgin
Australia outside of the Australia and
New Zealand region. Arch rival Qan-
tas has had an ongoing dispute with its
engineering unions over outsourcing -
although the Virgin Australia aircraft
are coming off lease rather than fully-
owned.
MAE also signed an agreement with
sister company MAS Wings, a subsid-
iary of Malaysia Airlines, to provide
total fleet technical management sup-
port for the regional carrier’s ATR72
fleet. This is a follow up to an existing
Shanghai where we see a great deal of year, Midex Airlines sent its B747-200 agreement between the companies dat-
potential.” cargo airplane under registration num- ing back to 2007.
In Jakarta, Jet Airways sent its B737- ber A6-MDH to perform C-Check and In addition, an award letter was
NG aircraft for a C-Check maintenance D-Check at GMF. The maintenance was received from KLM for heavy main-
at GMF AeroAsia’s facility in December finished early this year. “The duration tenance on its Boeing 747-400 aircraft
last year. GMF is the engineering arm is around 45 days, including of paint- throughout next year. Rob Pruim, VP
of Garuda Indonesia. The aircraft un- ing job,” said Rully Marully, Account of international sales at KLM, said:
der registration number VIT-SIK was Manager & International Sales for the “KLM and MAS have been working
the third aircraft sent by Jet Airways GMF Sales & Marketing Unit. closely for more than 10 years and we
for maintenance at GMF in 2011. “Turn Before sending its aircraft, GMF acknowledge the quality and the com-
Aroud Time (TAT) for this aircraft first deployed a team to Abu Dhabi to petitiveness of the maintenance prod-
maintenance is 25 days,” said Johnson perform preliminary inspection. The ucts MAE is offering.” in addition,
Pardede, Account Manager & Interna- aircraft under registration number Club Excelence, which describes itself
tional Sales. The Jet Airways’ aircraft is A6-MDX was a former KLM aircraft as operating “Fly-by membership, the
operated under the brand Jet Lite, LCC operated by Martin Air and had un- best option in private aviation”, has
operator owned by Jet Airways. dergone maintenance at GMF, includ- signed an MoU with MAE to further
According to Johnson Pardede, Jet ing of painting job. “Nevertheless, we discuss and agree on technical sup-
Airways sent three B737-NF aircrafts will still perform the maintenance in port for its 737-300 business jets. The
in 2011 under registration numbers accordance to procedure and provi- company, based in Malaysia, operates
VT-SIJ, VT-DGC and VT-SIK. In 2012, sion,” he said. throughout the ASEAN region, with
there will be nine more aircrafts which According to Rully, the result of air- golf a particular speciality.

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