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NEWS BRIEFS BOEING TO SKILL
INDIAN AIRCRAFT
MAINTENANCE
ENGINEERS

oeing has partnered with Air India
BEngineering Services Limited
(AIESL) to launch the ‘Air India-
Boeing Accelerated Apprenticeship
BOEING Programme’. Students will be instructed
by highly qualified Air India instructors
CREATES ONE- trained by Boeing in the United States
STOP SHOP FOR and the state-of-the-art ‘smart’ class
room are equipped with training aids
JETS, SERVICES used for the first time in India, along
with a specially customized curric-
oeing has reorganized its sales late last year, the move is designed to ulum created by Boeing experts, to
Boperations as part of a push into increase the number of deals and boost skill Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
services that has helped it take a lead profits as it will make it easier for Boeing (AMEs) in India. The AMEs will also
over rival jet maker Airbus this year. to sell high-margin services at the same get ‘hands-on’ exposure on an actual
Boeing set up the standalone division in time as it sells planes. “We approach Boeing aircraft that will help them
2017 to build a US$50 billion business the campaigns in a much more compre- hone their maintenance skills and also
in services for civil and defence aircraft, hensive way than we have ever done increase their employability, empower-
including repairs, crew rostering, parts before,” Reuters quoted Mounir, whose ing them with the tools necessary for
and even wind forecasts. Earlier the role was expanded to include responsi- a successful career in India’s rapidly
company offered fewer, more dispersed bility for jetliner-related services across growing aerospace ecosystem. “Boeing
services. Now sales of jetliner services the group. “So, the price and inherent is proud to be a partner in this initiative
have been brought under the same capability of the airplane are just one in one of the fastest growing civil avi-
umbrella as plane sales, headed by thing that we are bringing to the table. ation markets in the world,” said Marc
senior vice-president Ihssane Mounir, I’m not going to go beyond that, or I will Allen, president, Boeing International.
Boeing Co’s overall commercial sales be divulging the secret sauce.” “We are committed to help catalyse
chief, reported Reuters. Kicking off the growth of special skills needed for
the Indian aerospace ecosystem and
ST ENGINEERING EXPANDS create a capable workforce.” A lack
of practical skills and training have
MRO NETWORK resulted in low employability of AMEs
in India, with only two percent receiving
type-rated licenses. Boeing and AIESL
announced the launch the Accelerated
AME Apprenticeship Program in 2017
to fill this need gap, the program has so
received over 1,300 applications for the
entrance examination which was held
online across 10 Indian cities. Classes
for the first batch of the programme
starts in August 2018.
ST Engineering’s Aerospace has launch customer at the new facility,
opened a new airframe Maintenance, and we look forward to welcoming AMECO COMPLETES
Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility in more customers and supporting them
Pensacola, Florida, USA. The new with the same high level of quality and 747-8F D-CHECK
facility can carry out heavy and line on-schedule redeliveries regardless of meco has completed the D-Check
maintenance, as well as aircraft mod- where our hangar is located, time and Afor a Boeing 747-8F, a global first.
ification work and joins two others ST again,” said Lim Serh Ghee, President The freighter has been redelivered to
Engineering facilities in the USA. “We of ST Engineering Aerospace. Located its operator and already put into oper-
are thankful for the tremendous support at the Pensacola International Airport, ation. The D-Check project involves
from the State of Florida and Pensacola the new hangar has been developed at more than 1300 job cards, of which
City governments, which have enabled a cost of US$46 million and the 173,500 260 job cards and 40 Engineering
us to set up the new facility on sched- sq ft facility is one of the largest han- Orders were performed by Ameco for
ule and commence operations quickly. gars in ST Engineering’s global network the first time. The achievement of the
Pensacola serves as an excellent of airframe maintenance facilities. With first global D-Check on the 747-8F is
base for us to serve the MRO needs an annual capacity of 600,000 labour- a milestone for Ameco’s base mainte-
of the North America region given its hours it can accommodate at any one nance capability development. Ameco’s
rich pool of highly trained engineering time two aircraft of the largest version base maintenance facilities are mainly
and aviation talent. We are pleased of the 777 widebody series or six A321 located in Beijing and Chengdu for
to have United Parcel Service as our narrow-body aircraft. heavy maintenance.

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