Booming China express delivery brings more workload to Ameco

The booming Chinese express delivery industry brings more engine and conversion workload to Ameco. From last October, Ameco’s engine overhaul workshop in Beijing is witnessing workload increase and it is in a peak period in the beginning of 2017. Up to Jan. 9th, the engine types under repair involve Pratt-Whitney PW4000, International Aero-Engines V2500 and Rolls-Royce RB211, with around 50% workload from the last type. The increasing RB211 workload is driven by Chinese air transportation market as well as the new contracts signed last year. RB211s from Chinese freight carriers include SF Airlines, and China Postal Airlines. At the 2016 Zhuhai Airshow, Ameco inked a ten-year RB211 contract with SF Airlines for the carrier’s Boeing 757 fleet. New workload is also secured by Ameco from international customers of the Americas and Europe. Ameco has become a Rolls-Royce approved RB211 repair station and began already last year to provide service for this engine OEM. Ameco is speeding up in-house parts repair capabilities for V2500 engines to support both domestic and international customers. As an authorized repair station for Pratt&Whitney, Ameco is overhauling V2500s for IAE. The freight market requirement also brings more conversions to Ameco. The MRO provider is performing passenger-to-freighter conversions on two Boeing 757 aircraft in its Chengdu facility. One of the aircraft is already in the final phase of completion. In addition to the two aircraft in progress, another two more Boeing 757s for conversion are already listed on schedule.