Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: Sanad Aerotech, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, has concluded an agreement worth AED 500 million with GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, to provide maintenance services for Leap engines, Emirates News Agency (WAM) recently reported.
Meanwhile, Sanad Aerotech has signed a new strategic deal with GE's subsidiary to offer maintenance services for the next generation of narrow-body and wide-body aircraft.
By means of the agreement, the aerotech firm will provide performance restoration overhaul services on the GEnx-1B engine, in addition to continued time, or quick turn overhauls on CFM International’s LEAP engines for GE.
Towards 2020, the UAE-based firm will offer a full overhaul on 315 GEnx engines until 2035 as well as quick turn on 237 LEAP engines until 2030, in addition to its current maintenance and repair services.
In this regard, Sanad Aerotech’s CEO, Mansoor Janahi, said, "Our partnership with GE elevates Abu Dhabi’s standing as a strategic and reliable hub for MRO solutions and supports the emirate’s vision to build a sustainable knowledge and innovation economy. Sanad Aerotech’s long-term agreement with GE empowers us to attract outstanding UAE national talent to lead the development of this strategic growth sector.”
It is worthy to remark that Sanad Aerotech is a leading engine Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, MRO, solutions provider.
