U.S.’ Atlas Air to Build Maintenance Facility at Incheon

The world’s most significant freight provider, Atlas Air of the U.S. will construct its own airplane upkeep center at Incheon International Airport. That might indicate all its Asia-Pacific upkeep worth US$200 million a year might be focused in Incheon. Kim Kyung-wook, the president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, signed an official arrangement with James Forbes of Atlas Air Worldwide here on Thursday. Presently the Asia-Pacific upkeep deal with some 50 Atlas Air airplane has actually been dispersed to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea. Over half of the orders were provided to a Hong Kong business and Korea was provided the tiniest part. Under the brand-new arrangement Atlas Air will construct its own upkeep center in Incheon under a joint endeavor with Sharp Technics K, a Korean service company. An artist’s impression of Atlas Air’s prepared airplane upkeep center at Incheon International Airport The brand-new business’s service is anticipated to reach $10 billion over the next 50 years, developing tasks for 1,800 employees, according to IIAC. Atlas Air intends to finish building by 2026 and develop another center by around 2030, which will imply that 8 jumbo jets can be serviced at the exact same time. “When they were sent out to Hong Kong to examine upkeep procedures, Atlas Air engineers were separated for COVID quarantine for 3 weeks,” a market expert stated. “In lots of cases, it took more than a month to fix an airplane in Hong Kong when it usually takes just a couple of days.” Atlas Air cast around for an alternative option and picked Incheon due to the fact that Korea excused engineers of foreign airline companies from seclusion and it takes just a day or 2 in Korea to fix a plane. “Incheon is being offered a grip to end up being the world’s leading logistics center,” stated the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. That location is presently held by Hong Kong International Airport while Incheon ranks 3rd. Copyright © Chosunilbo & Chosun.com
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