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Inside MRO News Briefs And Contracts, June-July 2026
Emirates says its new Dubai South complex will strengthen Emirates Engineering’s vertical integration strategy.
HIGHLIGHTS
Emirates Breaks Ground on Dubai MRO Complex
Emirates began construction of its planned $5.1 billion engineering complex at Dubai South on May 18. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2030 and is to be delivered by China Railway Construction Corp., a Chinese state-owned construction and engineering company.
The complex is designed to span 11.8 million ft.2 and be among the world’s largest buildings by volume, according to Emirates. The construction includes a hangar with capacity to service 28 widebodies simultaneously, along with two painting hangars. Other features of the facility include dedicated landing gear workshops, around 830,000 ft.2 of repair space and 4 million ft.2 of storage and logistics capacity.
A purpose-built administrative building for Emirates Engineering staff is to support the technical facilities across 540,000 ft.2 of office space, along with 162,000 ft.2 of on-site training facilities.
Once operational, the hangar complex will initially start servicing aircraft requiring heavy maintenance and spillover projects from the Emirates Engineering Center at Dubai International Airport.
AAR Plans Legacy Commercial Programs Exit
AAR Corp. announced plans in early May to reorganize its corporate divisions, including a wind-down of its Legacy Commercial Programs division. It plans to operate under four pillars starting in the fourth quarter of this year.
AAR’s Parts Supply division will remain unchanged while its newly created Repair, Engineering and Software division will comprise the company’s repair activity related to airframe and components together with its software portfolio.
The Government Solutions unit will cover fleet management, customer-owned aircraft and performance-based logistics tied to government contracts.
The Legacy Commercial Programs division, which previously operated under the Integrated Solutions division, includes flight-hour-based component programs for commercial airlines. AAR Chairman, President and CEO John Holmes said the division required “substantial asset pools” but failed to meet the company’s capital return targets. AAR expects to wind it down over 3-4 years.
Uzbekistan Certifies Its First Private Component MRO
The Civil Aviation Agency of Uzbekistan has certified the country’s first private MRO provider, Centrum Best MRO. The company is a joint venture established by the largest Uzbek private airline group, My Freighter, and Kyiv, Ukraine-based Best MRO group.
Centrum Best MRO was initially approved to perform maintenance and repair of aircraft wheels and brakes and battery units, and it has received a D1 rating for nondestructive testing. The company’s capability list now includes the Airbus A320, A321 and A330 and Boeing 757 and 767—all types operated by My Freighter and its passenger subsidiary airline, Centrum Air.
According to Best MRO Group, the joint venture plans to expand the scope of serviced components and the capability list. It also seeks to establish customers from outside Uzbekistan.
CONTRACTS
AerFin was selected by APAS Chile to supply Airbus A320neo used serviceable material.
AMECO secured a five-year general terms agreement with Air China Cargo to provide maintenance and technical services for eight Airbus A330-200P2Fs.
ATR renewed its Global Maintenance Agreement with Air Nostrum Engineering and Maintenance to continue to support 12 ATR 72-600s for Air Nostrum and Mel Air.
Bird Aviation secured a three-year contract with KM Malta Airlines for Airbus A320neo heavy maintenance and modification services.
CTS Engines was selected by All Nippon Airways to provide GE Aerospace CF6-80C2 repair and overhaul in support of its Boeing 767s.
Emirates signed an agreement with GE Aerospace for technical and training consulting to develop comprehensive piece-part component repair capabilities for GE90 and GP 7200 engines.
HAECO Engine Services (Xiamen) signed a multiyear GE Aerospace GE90 engine support contract with National Airlines for Boeing 777Fs.
Longjiang Airlines selected AMECO to provide an Airbus A320-family hydromechanical unit component repair and support program.
Safran Electronics and Defense Actuation Systems selected HAECO to provide repair and overhaul of Airbus A320/A330 flight control and actuation components in Xiamen for operators in the Asia-Pacific region.
SIA Engineering (Philippines) was selected by HK Express to provide line maintenance at Clark International Airport.
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