Overview
- Emirates and GE Aerospace signed a technical and training agreement at Emirates Group Headquarters, assigning GE to help set up new engine repair capability.
- The partnership supports a $300 million expansion of the Emirates Engine Maintenance Centre in Dubai to add a piece-part component repair line.
- GE will coach Emirates teams and transfer best-practice methods so staff can repair GE90 and GP7200 engines in-house.
- The GE90 powers Emirates' Boeing 777 fleet and the GP7200 powers part of its Airbus A380 fleet, so local repairs could lower costs and speed aircraft back to service.
- Emirates Engineering already maintains more than 270 aircraft, and the added skills aim to position the centre as a regional hub and strengthen the UAE's aviation ecosystem.