Dubai's aerospace platform MBRAH has joined hands with Tim Aerospace, a leading independent commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility, to break ground on its new hangar at Dubai South.

 

The new facility will be built with the maximum allowed design dimensions, making it one of the largest wide-body capable aircraft MRO hangars in the Gulf region, with a capacity for up to five wide-body aircraft of any type, excluding the A-380.

 

Set for completion next year, it will provide premium and cost-efficient aircraft base maintenance services for various types of wide - and narrow-body commercial passenger and cargo aircraft.

 

"We strongly believe in the sector's future, given the government's strategic vision of creating such an excellent business environment for companies to flourish and the advanced infrastructure and solutions that the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub provides," remarked Timor Shah Shahab, Founder and CEO of Tim Aerospace, while speaking at the ground breaking ceremony held at MBRAH in Dubai South in the presence of Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai South and other senior officials.

 

Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub CEO Tahnoon Saif said: "Following the agreement with Tim Aerospace last year, we are pleased to witness the groundbreaking of the new hangar, which will be of added value to the sector given the huge demand for MRO services across the region, and its expected growth in the coming years."

 

MBR Aerospace Hub offers global aerospace players high-level connectivity and is a free-zone destination for the world's leading airlines, private jet companies, MROs, and associated industries. 

 

Located in and developed by Dubai South, MBRAH is also home to maintenance centres and training and education campuses.

 

"The aviation sector is a key contributor to Dubai's economic development, and we are committed to supporting its growth and to cement the emirate's position as a global aviation city," he added..-TradeArabia News Service