12 February, 2019: Etihad Airways Engineering has signed a collaboration agreement with Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), an aircraft manufacturing company from Argentina to serve MRO customers in South America. Under the agreement, Etihad Airways Engineering will help FAdeA in developing the processes and capabilities to maintain and modify aircraft and aircraft components.
“Etihad Airways Engineering has built a strong customer base in Latin America, having carried out heavy maintenance work on a range of aircraft types from Airbus A330 to Boeing 767, 777 and the 787 Dreamliner for customers in Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia.” said Abdul Khaliq Saeed, Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Airways Engineering. “We’re pleased to collaborate with FAdeA and share our expertise and extensive capabilities to serve customers in the region.”
Both companies can become significant players in the narrow body aircraft maintenance market in South America. FAdeA’s preferred partner for Part 21J Engineering and Part 21G productions will be Etihad Airways Engineering.
The partnership will benefit from the existing facilities and manpower of FAdeA and Etihad Airways Engineering’s MRO expertise as well as its strong customer footprint in Latin America.
Seven Airbus A320 aircraft belonging to LAN Argentina were reconfigured at FAdeA facilities following the signing of the multi-year agreement. More projects are planned in the future.
Antonio Beltramone, President FAdeA said, “This is a strategic agreement for FAdeA that allows us to maximise the potential of our highly skilled labour force and facilities to provide sustainability for our company, and conquer new commercial aviation markets.”
Photo caption: His Excellency Fernando R. de Martini, Ambassador of Argentina to the UAE attends the signing of a multi-year collaboration between Etihad Airways Engineering Chief Executive Officer, Abdul Khaliq Saeed and Antonio Beltramone, President FAdeA, which took place at MRO Middle East in Dubai, UAE.