Xu Chaoqun, Director General of the Department of Aircraft Airworthiness Certification at CAAC (seventh from left), Gu Xin, Director of SAACC (sixth from left), and Summit Chan, CEO of HAECO Xiamen (seventh from right) at the signing ceremony of the co-operation framework agreement.

HAECO Xiamen, a member of the HAECO Group, announced today that it has signed a training co-operation framework agreement with the Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center (“SAACC”), which is part of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”).

Under the agreement, HAECO Xiamen will work closely with the SAACC to develop a series of tailored classroom and practical training modules, and will become a key training base to continuously develop the SAACC’s team of airworthiness surveyors. Even before the agreement was signed, HAECO Xiamen had already delivered five modules of basic skills training to SAACC personnel.

Since its inception, HAECO Xiamen Technical Training has delivered over 250,000 student-courses in-house and externally to more than 300 customers. These include airlines, Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) and MRO service providers.

The establishment of a training base for the SAACC alongside those recently set up with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (“COMAC”) and the CAAC East China Regional Administration provides an opportunity for HAECO Xiamen to exchange knowledge and experience with aircraft OEMs and regulatory authorities, as well as to contribute to the development of the aviation industry in China.

 

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About HAECO Xiamen
Founded in 1993, HAECO Xiamen is a leading Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service provider in Asia Pacific. It offers a full range of airframe services, including airframe maintenance, modification, cabin reconfiguration, passenger-to-freighter conversions, and line services at 11 airports in China. The company is also home to HAECO Private Jet Solutions – Asia’s first and only facility approved by Airbus and licensed by Boeing to provide comprehensive design engineering, certification, and cabin completion for private jets. As a one-stop MRO provider, HAECO Xiamen operates its own certified aviation parts manufacturing and testing facilities, and runs a public training and license examination centre. This caters to both the technical and non-technical training needs of the MRO industry throughout the region. HAECO Xiamen is part of the HAECO Group, and The Boeing Company, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Japan Airlines International Co. Ltd., Xiamen Aviation Industry Co. Ltd. and Beijing Kailan Aviation Technology Industry & Services Co. Ltd. are its other shareholders. The company employs around 4,500 staff in China.
 
About Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center (“SAACC”)
Established by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) in 2007, SAACC specialises in airworthiness certification of all transport category airplanes in China. Its work includes type certification of COMAC C919 and the amphibious AVIC AG600, post-type-certification activities of COMAC ARJ21-700, as well as the validation of type certificate and continuing airworthiness of imported aircraft from Airbus, Boeing, and other OEMs.