Story ID: 417AmecoSing2016AIN.doc
Ameco touts V2500 engine MX skills
By: Thierry Dubois
Caption: Beijing MRO service provider also works on thrust reversers
Word Count: 138
Ameco last November signed a “standard maintenance contract” with Pratt & Whitney, thus receiving approval to service the V2500-A5 turbofan engine. The agreement came on the heels of authorizations from China’s CAAC, the U.S. FAA and Europe’s EASA. The Beijing-based company in October had received repair authorization for V2500-A5 and CFM56-5B thrust reversers. The V2500-A5 and the CFM56-5B power the Airbus A320ceo family of narrowbody airliners.
  
In engine control units, Ameco (Stand H65) claims to be the only maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider in China. It passed an audit and verification in December 2014 to service full authority digital engine control (Fadec) systems.
  
Ameco signed its first ever power-by-the-hour contract for 14 PW4000 engines operated by Shanghai Airlines on six Boeing 767s.