Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Co. (Gameco) opened its first maintenance base outside its Guangzhou headquarters and will provide line maintenance for ChongQing Airlines there. Gameco, which received Chinese CAAC maintenance approval for this new facility in Chongqing, also is hiring ChongQing Airline’s engineering staff at this location, who, along with key Gameco management personnel, will provide outstation support, component maintenance, ground support and consumable material supply for the airline.
In June or July, Gameco will start providing line maintenance services to China Southern Airlines from Chongqing, and “future maintenance support will be determined shortly,” says David Conrad, Gameco’s director of international sales and marketing. He expects to sign other third-party customers later this year.
Xie GuoMin is the general manager of Gameco’s ChongQing base.
Gameco has said it is considering establishing an MRO joint venture and building a hangar to support airlines, but it is not commenting on details. “Since ChongQing Airlines operates [Airbus] A320s, any JV facility would likely support this fleet type,” says Conrad.
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