AMMAN: Al Baddad Holding Companies on Tuesday launched an aircraft maintenance centre in Aqaba, at a cost of around $75 million.
The group’s Chief Executive Officer Fateen Al Baddad said Al Baddad Aviation Company has acquired all the licenses needed from the government to begin with the first stage of the project, which will extend over 65,000 square metres of land at the King Hussein International Airport.
The project will provide around 300 job opportunities for Jordanians, for whom special housing units have been built near the centre. During the first stage of the project, the centre will provide maintenance services for Russian aircraft. Then, in 2016, it will expand its services to cover Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
