Air Astana signs long term maintenance agreement with JorAMCo

JorAMCo won a new long term maintenance service contract with the Kazakhstan based airline Air Astana after the first collaboration that took place successfully last year for three of Air Astana’s Embraers 190 fleet.

The three years agreement between the two companies will be taking place from 2014 to 2016 and covers 15 checks for Embraers 190s, during which JorAMCo will be preforming heavy maintenance tasks in addition to some Ads & SBs.

On this occasion Osama Fattaleh, CEO of JorAMCo, commented: “We are pleased to expand the collaboration with Air Astana this year to include base maintenance services of the E190 fleet for the upcoming three years. Air Astana’s trust in JorAMCo capabilities reaffirms our strength, expertise and know-how on the E-Jet and our drive to become the MRO of choice for this type of aircraft in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and the CIS countries.”

John Wainwright, Senior Vice President, Engineering Group at Air Astana: “We are very happy to extend our partnership with JorAMCo, allowing long term maintenance stability for our E190 fleet. We have been pleased with the services previously provided by JorAMCo and I am confident they will continue to provide the best solution for our future maintenance needs.”

Air Astana is a Kazakh national carrier and currently operates a network of over 60 international and domestic routes from hubs in Almaty, Astana and Atyrau. Air Astana operates an all-western fleet of Boeing 767-300ER, Boeing 757-200, Airbus A320 family aircraft and Embraer E-190. Air Astana became the first carrier from Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe to be awarded the prestigious 4-Star rating by Skytrax in its World Airline Awards 2012 and was named The Best Airline in Central Asia and India. Both accolades were repeated in 2013.

With more than 50 years of experience, JorAMCo has built a sound track record as a leading Commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility serving a wide range of customers in the Middle East, Europe, South East Asia, Africa, Russia and the CIS countries, offering services to several aircraft models from the Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer fleets.

Strategically located at a special duty-free zone area in Queen Alia International Airport in Amman-Jordan with an infrastructure that includes 5 hangers that can accommodate up to 10 aircraft; JorAMCo is certified by international & Local regulatory authorities such as the Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (JCARC), U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).