EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING, the technical arm of EGYPTAIR Holding Company, signed a partnership contract with the Jordanian company Petra Aerospace in the field of repair and overhaul of CFM56-3 engines.

Eng. Walid El-Khafif, Chairman & CEO of EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING, said that the partnership extended to include developing and raising the capabilities of EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING's engine maintenance complex in Cairo, through qualifying and training technical staff in engine workshops on the latest technologies and procedures to increase production efficiency and provide new equipment and tools to increase the capacity of the engine overhaul workshop for this type of engines. El-Khafif added that the partnership includes marketing the capabilities of the engine workshop to attract more customers in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

The partnership contract was signed on the sidelines of the 31st MRO Africa 2023 & the 10th African Aviation Training Conference & Exhibition, held in Cairo 5-7 February under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation and hosted by EGYPTAIR Holding Company and EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING.