Direct Maintenance and Etihad Airways extend teaming to include Nairobi, Kenya

Direct Maintenance and Etihad Airways have extended their existing partnership to include Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as its next support location. Direct Maintenance is now appointed to provide comprehensive and dedicated aircraft line maintenance support at 3 each east-African locations on behalf of Etihad Airways. The National Carrier of the United Arab Emirates is now receiving high profile line maintenance services through Direct Maintenance at the locations Entebbe (EBB, Uganda), Dar es Salaam (DAR, Tanzania) and Nairobi (NBO, Kenya). The newest addition to the partnership at Nairobi includes the coverage for a daily passenger service flown by Etihad Airways with A320 family aircraft, as well as support to a busy freighter operation deploying A330F and B777F models.