{"id":3212,"date":"2013-05-06T06:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T06:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/ecowas-to-establish-aircraft-maintenance-facility\/"},"modified":"2013-05-06T06:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T06:26:41","slug":"ecowas-to-establish-aircraft-maintenance-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ecowas-to-establish-aircraft-maintenance-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS to establish aircraft maintenance facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Worried by the huge of maintaining aircraft outside the continent by indigenous airline operators, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is carrying out feasibility studies on how to establish an aircraft maintenance facility in the sub region.<\/p>\n

The Regional Director, Air Transport, Dr Paul Antoine Marie Ganemtore, stated this in Lagos.<\/p>\n

He said soon a working group would set in motion the modalities for the setting up of the facility, which he said would provide a window for carriers in the region to pull their resources together for repairs.<\/p>\n

He said funding for the project would be facilitated by the African Development Bank, which has commissioned some experts to review previous studies carried out on how to achieve the project.<\/p>\n

The ECOWAS director said the regional body was working on how carriers in the sub-region could come together to set up a stronger carrier that could bridge the gap of intra – African connections, which has become obvious after the demise of Air Afrique and some national carriers , including Nigeria Airways Limited and other carriers,<\/p>\n

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