Oman Air Engineering provides maintenance services to Emirates Airline

This comes alongside the successful completion of audits associated with safety and quality standards.

Commenting on the subject, Engineer Ali Redha Mohammed Al Lawatiya, Senior Manger Third Party and Technical support said, "This achievement reassures the company's credibility as well as Oman Air's Engineering and Maintenance Division, in providing the uppermost quality maintenance services in compliance with the international standards in engineering and technical fields. Moreover, it reflects an efficient management formation actively promoting best practices in operational safety.'

Eng. Ali added, "Emirates airline had assigned, at an earlier stage, a team of quality and safety specialists, to undertake a comprehensive audit for all technical and administrative norms practiced within the engineering and maintenance division, and the possibility of providing technical services for Emirates airline in accordance with international standards.

'The Engineering division completed the audits successfully. Since the engineering division is authoritatively acknowledged by the civil aviation in UAE, it has been approved to provide engineering services for Emirates A330's 14 flights a week, taking into consideration that the engineering division was providing technical support to Emirates airline since the commencement of the airlines' scheduled flights to Seeb International Airport.'

The Corporate Communications and Media Department in Oman Air noted that since its establishment in 1977, the Engineering and Maintenance Division has witnessed steady progress in all spheres making it eligible to obtain the attestation of civil aviation authorities in many countries such as Egypt, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Qatar, UAE, India and Turkey in addition to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA.145.0108).

The Corporate Communications and Media Department concluded stating, "The Third Party and Technical Support Department is a dynamic unit within Oman Air's Engineering and Maintenance Division, and its responsibilities consist of providing technical support for more than 27 airlines landing at Seeb International airport.

'It also provides technical handling and airworthiness certification support to third party contractual customers besides ad-hoc services to operators transiting through Seeb Airport such as Kuwait Airways, Sri Lankan Airlines, Egypt Air, Qatar Airways, Indian Express, Etihad, and Turkish Airways. This includes services provided to various types of aircraft such as A319, A320, A321, A310, A330, A340, B737 and B777.'