Emirates Engineering, Qantas sign maintenance deal

Emirates Engineering announced Monday an agreement with Qantas for aircraft maintenance, extending a commercial partnership already in place between Emirates airline and the Australian carrier. Under the terms of the deal, Emirates Engineering will strip and repaint 8 Qantas A380 aircraft starting March 2018 at the Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre in Dubai. The agreement also covers the replacement of landing gears for 1 Qantas A380 aircraft by Emirates Engineering in Feb 2018. Mohammad Jaffar Nasser, senior VP of engineering maintenance at Emirates Engineering, said the company is aiming to promote Dubai as a centre for Airbus A380 maintenance. <br/>