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Middle East Carriers Now Have Local Option For APU Maintenance
Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries has been appointed an authorized service center for Honeywell's 131-9 auxiliary power units for 737 NGs and A320s.
Saudi Arabian Airlines director-general Ibrahim Alomar (right) signed the APU authorized service center agreement with Mohammed Mohaisen, Honeywell’s president and CEO for the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia. (Photo: Honeywell)
Saudi Arabian Airlines director-general Ibrahim Alomar (right) signed the APU authorized service center agreement with Mohammed Mohaisen, Honeywell’s president and CEO for the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia. (Photo: Honeywell)

Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) will maintain 131-9 auxiliary power units (APUs) for Boeing 737 NG and Airbus A320 narrowbody airliners for manufacturer Honeywell. Under an agreement signed at the Dubai Airshow on November 14, the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of Saudi Arabian Airlines has become the first authorized Honeywell service center in the Middle East with a global license to support the APUs.