Air France KLM touts MRO, VIP cabin skills
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) is here at the Dubai Air Show.
Air France-KLM’s joint venture with Aircelle–AMES–is performing engine nacelle maintenance, repair and overhaul work in Jebel Ali.
Air France-KLM’s joint venture with Aircelle–AMES–is performing engine nacelle maintenance, repair and overhaul work in Jebel Ali.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M), the maintenance branch of the airline group, is here at the Dubai Air Show (Stand W420) promoting AMES, its local joint venture with nacelle manufacturer Aircelle, as well as the services it offers in engine and component repair and VIP cabin completion. The Middle East and Africa account for 25 percent of the company’s revenues, and this income, for the region alone, has increased by 25 percent in 2011 over 2010.

According to senior vice president commercial Fabrice Defrance, AMES provides local customers–including Emirates, Qatar Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines–with convenient proximity for nacelle repair service. “We hope to add Etihad,” Defrance said. The nacelle maintenance facility is located in the Jebel Ali free zone near the location of Dubai’s a-building Al Maktoum International Airport.