Spirit AeroSystems announced at MRO Europe in London a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Joramco, the Amman-based MRO provider. The two companies will cooperate in providing a wide range of repairs to and services of composite and metallic aerostructures to customers in the region.
A team of engineers and experts from both companies will be formed to support the needs of operators, and shops, and develop new repair processes as needed.
Joramco, based at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, has more than 50 years of experience. It is a leading independent commercial aircraft MRO facility serving a wide range of customers in the Middle East, Europe, South Asia, and Africa, offering services on several aircraft models from the Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer fleets.
“We are eager to begin structural repair MRO operations in the Middle East and look forward to working with Joramco,” said Kailash Krishnaswamy, Senior Vice President for Spirit AeroSystems Aftermarket Services. “Together, we will be able to offer better value to our customers in the region by leveraging our structural engineering expertise.”
“Our clients are accustomed to receiving high-quality maintenance and repair and this new development will further fulfill our promise to them,” said Joramco CEO Fraser Currie. “Together, we will explore exchanging expertise and improve our current services and acquire new ones that are in demand in the region.”
Spirit’s Aftermarket business continues to grow worldwide since the 2021 acquisition of select Bombardier MRO operations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Casablanca, Morocco; and the acquisition of assets from Applied Aerodynamics in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Over the last year, Spirit Aftermarket services has opened Spirit Evergreen Aftermarket Solutions (SEAS), a joint venture with Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. in Taiwan; Signed an agreement with Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Limited (GAMECO) to be the Spirit Authorized Repair Center in Mainland China; and is exploring an opportunity with Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to develop MRO services for the 737 Next Generation Aircraft. The company’s aftermarket business revenues have grown from $186 million in 2019 to $239.9 million in 2021.
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