MRO provider Joramco embarks on expansion plan

Independent MRO provider Joramco is embarking on an expansion plan with two wide-body hangars, a maintenance hangar and a dedicated wide-body paint hangar.

Speaking on the eve of the MRO Middle East, Jeff Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer DAE Engineering, the Joramco majority shareholder, announced that the Amman-based MRO is embarking on a multi-faceted programme that will position Joramco as the global independent MRO providing national flag carriers and Tier 1 operators with a full one-stop-shop solution including the further development of its part-out activities.

The expansion programme includes the potential for two new hangars at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), a multi-line maintenance hangar (including an OEM-partnered passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion line), along with additional back shop capabilities and further expansion to the current 5-axis CNC machining centre.

The second hangar will see Joramco partner with one of the world’s biggest paint providers to build a centre of excellence paint shop capable of taking aircraft up to one B777s or two narrow-body aircraft in parallel.

Wilkinson said the foundations for the growth were cemented with the success of Fraser Currie and his team in 2021/2022 – given that Joramco exceeded the US$100 million target and such expansions remain the key enabler for the company’s US$200 million target over the coming years.

Wilkinson estimates the first maintenance hangar – designed to take one wide-body up to one A380 and four narrow-body types in parallel – will be operational by Q3 2024.

Jeff continued, “Our vision was always to become a global MRO. We were extremely successful in attracting European business, whilst maintaining our Middle East customer foot-print, and more recently proud of our first wide-body customers from Asia and South America”. (£1.00 = US$1.20 at time of publication)