AdamAir hires ST Aero

AdamAir hires ST Aero

JAKARTA: Adam Sky Connection Airlines (AdamAir) -- an
Indonesian budget airline operational since December 2003 -- has
signed a five-year contract with aircraft maintenance provider
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) for the maintenance of
its Boeing 737s.

"ST Aero will provide maintenance and spare-part replacement
in the regular 4,000-hour checks of our planes (usually after
flying for one-and-a-half years), while we will handle daily
maintenance by ourselves," AdamAir chief executive Adam Adhitya
Suherman said, adding that the contract's value would depend on
its length and the cost of parts.

He said the company had decided to assign ST Aero due to its
quality service and for reasons of proximity, which would mean
that it could avoid grounding its airplanes for maintenance for
too long.

ST Aero is a global airline maintenance, repair and overhaul
company owned by Singapore Technologies Engineering and the
Singapore state-owned enterprise Temasek Group, with customers
ranging from FedEx to the Republic of Singapore Air Force. -- JP/003