Pictured far left at MRO Africa 2015 hosted by Ethiopian MRO, are, from left: Kassa Maru, CEO & President, American General Supplies, Inc; Nick Fadugba, CEO, AFRICAN AVIATION, and Eng. Hisham Nasser, Advisor for Maintenance & Engineering to the Chairman of EgyptAir Holding Company. Pictured immediate left is Eng. Abou Taleb Tawfik Abou Taleb, Chairman & CEO, EgyptAir M & E.
EgyptAir to host MRO Africa 2018 in Cairo
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GYPTAIR, currently celebrating its 85th anniversary, is hosting AFRICAN AVIATION’s 27th Annual MRO Africa Conference and Exhibition taking place in Cairo, Egypt, from 18th-20th March, 2018. “Returning to Egypt, the land of the Pharoahs who built the Pyramids, a technological feat, will be a special home-coming for MRO Africa as the first event was hosted there by EgyptAir 27 years ago, and several times since then,” says Nick Fadugba, CEO of AFRICAN AVIATION.
18-20 MARCH, 2018 CAIRO, EGYPT “MRO Africa 2018 in Cairo will once again provide a unique platform for the key players in the African and global MRO industry to explore a wide scope of opportunities for the development of MRO partnerships and joint ventures in Africa,” adds Fadugba. “It is encouraging that the world’s leading MRO service providers, long-term supporters of MRO Africa, are seeking to expand their relationships with airlines and other aircraft operators in Africa.” MRO Africa comprises of a maintenance conference focused on operators in Africa, co-located with a major exhibition enabling leading MRO suppliers from Africa and around the world to showcase their products and services. The event has grown in recent years, reflecting the growth of aviation in Africa, and it continues to expand with more exhibitors each year. The scope has expanded too. In addition to the needs of African airlines, the event now also focuses on Aircraft Interiors, Business and General Aviation operators, Helicopters, and MRO requirements for Military and Police Air-Wing aircraft. ● 32
JORAMCO performs C-Checks on two Tunisair Airbus A330s ORAMCO, based in Amman, Jordan, recently performed heavy checks on two Tunisair Airbus A330 aircraft. The aircraft were returned to the Tunisian flag-carrier after the C-Checks were completed, in addition to several Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and Service Bulletins (SBs). The MRO work took place during May this year. “We are pleased that Tunisair selected JORAMCO to perform these maintenance activities,” says Osama
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Fattaleh, CEO of JORAMCO. “This collaboration reaffirms JORAMCO’s expertise on the A330 and our drive to become the MRO of choice for operators in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Europe.” Tunisair operates scheduled services from its Tunis Carthage International Airport main base to destinations throughout the Middle East, Europe and North and West Africa. A solitary transatlantic route serves Montreal, Canada, using A330-200 aircraft. ●
Air Zimbabwe selects Seabury IR ZIMBABWE has signed a contract with Seabury Solutions, a subsidiary of Seabury Capital LLC for the Alkym Management and Control System for aircraft maintenance, becoming the fourth Africa-based flag-carrier to implement the Alkym solution. With a complete solution to cater for CAMO and MRO service integrated with Logistics,
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John Barry, Senior Vice President, Seabury Solutions.
Alkym was able to meet the high demands required from the selection process. Seabury Solutions Senior Vice President John Barry says: “While we are currently deploying Alkym in Europe, South America and the Caribbean, once again Africa will see our teams on site, proving time and again that cost-effective solutions are required but must never compromise on functionality.” Air Zimbabwe has opted for 13 of 18 of the modules provided within Alkym. The configuration of the system and training of the personnel are currently underway, with system implementation set to begin with a two-week workshop to map out the process for the most effective deployment of the solution to meet Air Zimbabwe’s needs. Captain Ripton Muzenda, Air Zimbabwe CEO, says: “The control of our technical operations is the foundation of the building blocks we are putting in place. We want to bring Air Zimbabwe back to its glory days.” ●
AFRICAN AVIATION / SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017