Al Baddad launches $75m aircraft maintenance centre in Aqaba

AMMAN — Al Baddad Holding Companies on Tuesday launched an aircraft maintenance centre in Aqaba, at a cost of around $75 million. 

The group's Chief Executive Officer Fateen Al Baddad said Al Baddad Aviation Company has acquired all the licenses needed from the government to begin with the first stage of the project, which will extend over 65,000 square metres of land at the King Hussein International Airport.

The project will provide around 300 job opportunities for Jordanians, for whom special housing units have been built near the centre. During the first stage of the project, the centre will provide maintenance services for Russian aircraft. 

Then, in 2016, it will expand its services to cover Boeing and Airbus aircraft.

The aircraft maintenance centre will include administrative buildings, hangars and workshops for aircraft maintenance and component overhaul and it seeks to provide maintenance services for aircraft at the regional and international level by 2017.

The centre project brings up the investments of Al Baddad group in Aqaba to $250 million.