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for engineering and workforce development to maximize growth narrowbody aircraft, making it one of the
in any market, particularly a better-positioned region. Early this largest in the company’s global network of
year AAR, a global provider of aviation services to commer- airframe maintenance facilities. According to
cial airlines, announced a joint venture with Indamer Aviation, a spokesperson, ST Engineering is currently
a leading aviation company in India, for the development of a supporting UPS’ Boeing 757 fleet with heavy
new airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility maintenance.
in Nagpur, India. The new MRO facility, which is already under
construction, will initially be comprised of six narrow-body bays, Similarly, Lithuanian maintenance provider FL
including one bay for paint. Additional phases are planned for a Technics has received EASA certification for
total of 16 bays, as well as component repair shops. Airbus A330 base and line maintenance. The
expanded EASA Part 145 approval will allow
“We are excited to expand AAR’s MRO expertise outside of the MRO to carry out more maintenance
the Americas in partnership with Indamer, which has the local services on the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-
market and cultural knowledge needed for success,” says John powered widebody. Work will be conducted
Holmes, President & Chief Operating Officer, AAR. “We are at FL Technics’ MRO center located at
looking forward to bringing our MRO experience to central India Kaunas International Airport. According to a
to help serve the country’s fast-growing airlines.” company spokesman FL Technics also holds
ST Engineering recently opened a new US$46 million,
173,500-sq-ft airframe MRO hangar at Florida’s Pensacola
International Airport. The new facility, which is the company’s
third airframe MRO location in the U.S., can perform heavy
and line maintenance, as well as modifications, on narrow-
body and widebody jets. UPS is the launch customer for the
new maintenance center. Able to accommodate six Airbus
A321s simultaneously, the facility carries an annual capacity
of 600,000 labor hours, according to the company. Some 150
employees work at the Pensacola facility, and ST plans to add
another 500 in the near future.
According to ST Engineering, the 173,500 sq. ft. hangar can
accommodate either two widebody aircraft (up to the largest
version of the Boeing 777 widebody series) or six Airbus A321

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