Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Aviation Group has signed an settlement with Etihad Engineering to determine a passenger-to-cargo plan conversion web site for Boeing 777-3000ER plane in Abu Dhabi. The conversion heart will present an answer for the worldwide rise in demand for cargo jets because of elevated worldwide on-line purchases and the dearth of container and delivery house. The conversion heart within the UAE is an addition to different world cargo conversion websites that IAI operates, moreover its current conversion strains in Israel at Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport. Solely final week IAI signed an analogous settlement with Ethiopian Airways to arrange a conversion heart in Addis Ababa for Boeing 767-300 passenger plane.
Etihad Engineering is the biggest industrial plane upkeep, restore and overhaul (MRO) companies supplier within the Center East, and the middle in Abu Dhabi would be the largest and most superior within the Center East to be licensed by the UAE Civil Aviation Authority, the US’s Federal Aviation Administration, and the European Aviation Security Company. On the conversion heart, passenger planes will likely be transformed to cargo configuration, and upkeep, renovation and overhaul companies will likely be provided.
IAI president & CEO Boaz Levy stated, “The Abraham Accords have given IAI the chance to increase its world exercise to the Gulf area. IAI is lively in over 100 nations internationally. Establishing the conversion web site in partnership with Etihad Engineering is a testomony to IAI’s sturdy ties with the UAE and strengthens its foothold within the area. I’m assured that this settlement will result in many extra partnerships with native corporations within the Gulf States, which is able to develop our enterprise within the area.”
IAI EVP and Aviation Group normal supervisor Yossi Melamed stated, “IAI’s Aviation Group, the world’s main cargo conversion supplier, has begun the structural modification of Boeing 777-300ERSF in cooperation with GECAS to offer a number one skilled resolution to the air cargo trade. Over a few years, Etihad Engineering has obtained the best skilled regard from IAI’s Aviation Group. The Abraham Accords have enabled us to satisfy the corporate’s managers firsthand, to see their skill and dedication, along with witnessing the corporate’s nice capabilities within the subject of jet upkeep. The settlement we signed provides a big tier to the relations between Israel and the Gulf States. I’ve little doubt that following this settlement, further agreements with corporations within the area will arrive, and they’ll economically profit all sides concerned.”
Etihad Aviation Group CEO Tony Douglas stated, “The Boeing 777-300ERSF is just not solely extraordinarily enticing to prospects however a technological breakthrough, on condition that it’s the primary in its dimension class to supply intensive cargo options. Not solely can we see the demand, however we view it as a greener, extra worthwhile, extremely revolutionary resolution for our airline prospects, and a very good approach to drive worth for our enterprise.”
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Etihad Engineering CEO Abdul Khaliq Saeed stated, “We’re delighted to announce our partnership with IAI which maximizes the potential of our extremely expert workforce and reinforces Etihad Engineering’s place as a middle of excellence in Abu Dhabi consistent with Abu Dhabi’s financial imaginative and prescient 2030. Our dedication to the P2F program demonstrates our confidence within the skill of IAI to ship long-term worth enhancement of the B777-300ER’s within the world fleet.”
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