KAMES Signs Maintenance Contract for 6 Jeju Air Aircraft... First Order of the New Year

Maintenance Plan for a Total of 75 Vehicles This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] Korea Aerospace Maintenance & Engineering Services (KAMES) secured its first maintenance volume of the new year through a contract with Jeju Air. KAMES is a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) subsidiary of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).

On the 7th, KAMES announced that it had signed a maintenance contract with Jeju Air on the 6th for six B737-800 aircraft. KAMES is also negotiating additional orders for the same aircraft type with T'way Air.

Last year, KAMES recorded its highest performance since its establishment in 2018, achieving 238% growth compared to the previous year based on sales. This year, it plans to handle maintenance for a total of 75 aircraft, starting with maintenance on three Surion helicopters.

In the civilian sector this year, KAMES plans to expand its scope from medium maintenance of the existing major B737 series to medium maintenance of the Airbus A320 series. Additionally, in the rotary-wing sector, it will perform maintenance not only on Surion but also on Airbus and Sikorsky helicopters. In the military sector, it is exploring various projects, starting with electrical painting of aircraft operated by the Republic of Korea Air Force.

Ko Yi-geun, Executive Director of KAMES, stated, "We are strengthening the military aircraft maintenance sector, having been certified as a medium and light maintenance center for Surion, as well as maintaining civilian aircraft for domestic and international low-cost carriers (LCCs). We will continue to provide stable maintenance services at reasonable prices."

Meanwhile, on the 4th, KAMES received T'way Air aircraft as the first units at its newly constructed civilian aircraft maintenance hangar. Completed in November last year, KAMES's civilian aircraft maintenance hangar is the largest among domestic MRO companies, capable of simultaneously maintaining up to four narrow-body aircraft such as Boeing B737 and Airbus A320.

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