A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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China’s Ameco (Stand 955) is highlighting at the Dubai Airshow 2017 its growing Middle East customer base for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, and its executive airliner completion and refurbishment capabilities. According to the company, Ameco “is dedicating itself to meeting customers’ maintenance needs and promoting brand image through its comprehensive and one-stop maintenance services,” said Zhu Xiao, Ameco’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer.

 


Ameco offers airlines a Fleet Total Care service, plus line maintenance, aircraft overhaul and painting services, and also engine, APU and component overhauls. With more than 160 maintenance facilities, and licenses and approvals from more than 30 countries or regions, including CAAC (China), EASA (Europe) and the FAA (U.S.), Ameco is positioned to offer airlines tailor-made maintenance programs.

 


The company began providing heavy maintenance for Iraqi Airways this year, and also provides support services for regional carriers including Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines.

 


The service expansion follows the integration between Air China Technics and the former Ameco Beijing in 2015, with Air China holding 75 percent ownership of the new company and Lufthansa Technik owning a 25-percent stake.

 


Ameco also announced plans to receive EASA supplemental type certificate approval for executive airliner and business jet completions “very soon.” The company is already a CAAC designated modification design organization representative, holds parts manufacturer approvals&nbsp;and has achieved SAI global-issued AS/EN9100 certificate of registration. Ameco is now building on those capabilities to strengthen its position outside of Asia. Ameco can perform completions of aircraft including the Airbus 330, Boeing 737 and 747 and the newer-generation BBJ Max and A320neo.

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