VN Airlines gains US maintenance certificate
The Federal Aviation Administration of the
United States has awarded a FAR-145 certificate to Vietnam
Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO).
The Federal Aviation Administration of the
United States has awarded a FAR-145 certificate to Vietnam
Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO).
The FAR-145 is an international standard on aircraft maintenance services under US aviation regulations.
Addressing
the awarding ceremony in Hanoi on Jan. 21, Pham Ngoc Minh, Vietnam
Airlines General Director, said VAECO – the sole unit for aircraft
maintenance in Vietnam – getting the FAR-15 certificate is a step
towards realising the airline’s development strategy, helping to improve
aircraft maintenance capacity as well as gradually developing the
aircraft component assembly and manufacturing industries.
“This will be also a support for Vietnam Airlines’ plan to open a direct route to the US in the near future,” Minh said./.