U.S-Malaysia plane overhaul

U.S-Malaysia plane overhaul

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): U.S aviation firm Hamilton Standard signed a deal yesterday with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to set up a facility to overhaul aircraft life support systems for the Asia- Pacific.

Hamilton Standard, a division of Connecticut-based United Technologies Corp., will hold 51 percent of the joint venture firm, Hamilton Standard Co. Support Centre Sdn. Bhd., capitalized at five million dollars. Malaysia's listed national airline will hold 49 percent.

The facility, which will service equipment associated with aircraft cabin pressurization and temperature control systems, is scheduled to be operational by mid-1995, said MAS managing director Kamaruddin Ahmad.

"A significant feature of the facility will be the compressed air plant which will be able to simulate the pneumatic performance characteristics for aircraft such as Boeing's 747-400 and 777," Kamaruddin said.