MRO giant ST Aerospace reported at Paris that it has established a joint venture with Xiamen Aviation Industry Co. to build a new engine repair and overhaul business, ST Aerospace Technologies (Xiamen) Co. (STATCO), in the southeast Chinese city of Xiamen. ST Aerospace president Tay Kok Khiang told AM the 306,770-square-foot facility, which will work on CFM56-5s and -7s and have the capacity of overhauling 300 engines annually, will be operational by the end of this year.rnFurther expansion in China includes a second maintenance facility in Shanghai. Built for the Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Co. (STARCO), a joint venture with China Eastern Airlines, the new facility will include ST Aerospace's first hangar large enough to house the A380. Constructed at Shanghai's Pudong Intl Airport, the new hangar will be near STARCO's two hangars at Shanghai's other airport, Hongqiao Intl. Combined, the three hangars can take in up to six widebodies and three nar-rowbodies for airframe maintenance simultaneously.
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