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aviation industry – it is one where as he Adrien Moreau, AFI KLM E&M sales
puts it, “safety and standards should not director, North East Asia, agrees. “There
be about the business model. Training, is no discussion [on this subject]: flight
products, materials should be common safety is the absolute must. It is basic in
across all operators and the highest every service that we are providing to our
standards of compliance should apply.” customers: Air France, KLM, and all our
Although this can pose more problems MRO customers. Whatever the cost is and
in a remotely managed JV than in either a whatever the necessary training costs are
purely local or purely overseas managed we will make sure it is to standard,” he says.
model, there is – as evidenced by the That standard is rising all the time,
explosion in the QANTAS A380 engine – says Moreau. He points to the rapid
no room for local conditions. “This was expansion in China’s capability, driven
a serious and rare event which we very in part by demand and in part by smart
much regret. On this occasion we clearly provision by the government – with an eye
fell short,” admits Colin Smith, director to potential future profits, nonetheless.
Several companies have of Engineering & Technology at Rolls- “I would like to give you example for
set up shop in Singapore
to train staff, but the Royce. As a result, following an Australian China, it has become a very big MRO
island-city’s neighbours Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report, market because of the large growing fleet
are also popular options “better quality assurance processes with size. More skilled staff, plus a more and
for firms looking to supporting training” have been instituted more stable political and active economy
establish regional hubs across the region. environment will bring a continuously
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