Vietnamese Airplane Maintenance Company Opens Doors

Ccompany will improve its technical system and will work towards EASA certification.

Feb. 26, 2009

Vietnam Airlines Engineering Ltd Co (Vaeco), which will now be the country's largest firm specialising in airplane maintenance, officially opened its door yesterday.

Charter capital for the firm totals VND420 billion (US$24 million), and it has received its VAR 145 aeroplane maintenance certificate to ensure operations will be adequate to meet domestic regulations.

Speaking at the ceremony yesterday, Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV) Lai Xuan Thanh said: "Vaeco belongs to the development strategies of the national aviation industry in the coming future, because airplane maintenance is the backbone of the aviation industry."

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