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A new MRO facility at Dubai South: Dubai aerospace platform Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH) has inked an agreement with International Energy Resources (IER) MRO Industries to build a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) and engine testing facility at Dubai South, according to a press release. The hub is expected to be completed in two phases by 4Q 2026 and 3Q 2027.
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Details: The new facility will cover an area of 880k square feet and offer services including the manufacturing of gas turbine engine components as well as engine repair and overhaul. The facility will also feature an engine test cell capable of testing both aero engines and aero derivative industrial engines, with an initial capacity to test 50 engines per year.
MBRAH has been busy: The aerospace platform and UAE-based MRO outfit Tim Aerospace broke ground on a new MRO hangar at Dubai South back in March. It had inked an agreement with UAE-based budget carrier Flydubai in November 2023 to develop a purpose-built USD 190 mn MRO facility in Dubai South, with plans to kick off the construction of a hangar and workshop this year to complete development by 2026. MBRAH inked another agreement the same month with integrated cabin completion and modification service center UUDS to open its third hangar at Dubai South.
The region’s MRO sector has been on an upswing: The region’s MRO sector has seen a slew of new investments recently, as regional players look to establish localized maintenance rather than outsource these services to external outfits. EgyptAir’s maintenance and engineering arm inked a three-year service contract earlier this month with Germany-based Liebherr-Aerospace to provide heat transfer equipment maintenance for airlines with existing MRO contracts with Egyptair. The UAE’s Sanad partnered with Airbus back in August to provide MRO for Airbus engines. Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air announced in July that it was establishing an MRO hangar at Bahrain International Airport.
