Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/02
By: Chen Wei-ting and Ko Lin
Taipei, Nov. 2 (CNA) European multinational corporation Airbus has chosen China
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Airlines to become one its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) suppliers in Asia, Taiwan’s largest carrier announced in a press release Thursday.
“China Airlines is pleased to have been selected by Airbus,” China Airlines Senior Vice President Houng Wang (王宏) said, noting that it will also be providing aircraft conversion services for the European firm.
Together with the opening of a new hangar in 2018, Wang said the company is confident that its growing capability will offer state of the art and comprehensive MRO solutions to support Airbus aircrafts in Taiwan.
Established in 1959, China Airlines’ Engineering Maintenance Organization (EMO) was founded together with the establishment of the airline. [FULL STORY]