APRIL 18TH, 2017

Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company receive EASA Part-145 Approval Certificate issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency

Hanoi, April 2017 – Vietnam Airlines Engineering Company (VAECO) – a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines JSC. has announced EASA Part-145 Approval Certificate of Aircraft Maintenance Organisation issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The EASA part-145 certificate is given to maintenance organisations that meet the requirements in the ANNEX II (part-145) of the Commission Regulation (EU). Maintenance organisations posessing the EASA part-145 approval certificate are allowed to provide maintenance, overhaul and commissioning services for aircrafts with European registration. In addition, this is also a necessary condition regarding experience and capacity for airlines/organisations that purchase or lease aircraft to be able to choose maintenance facilities in Vietnam.

VAECO is the first and only aircraft maintenance organisation in Vietnam that received the most two prestigious certificates of aviation safety, which are FAR part-145 (by Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, FAA) and EASA part-145 certificates.

At the ceremony, Mr. Le Dinh Tho – Deputy Minister of Transport of Vietnam praised the achievements of Vietnam Airlines and VAECO for constantly strengthening its leading role, mastering the most advanced technology in the world, as well as affirming the capability and position of the Vietnam Aviation Industry in the process of integration into the world.

“With CAAV, FAR part-145 and other certificates approved by 20 aviation authorities around the world, the EASA part-145 marked the development and integration of VAECO, meeting all demanding requirements on international aviation safety in the field of aircraft maintenance, thus contributing to the image of Vietnam as a reliable regional and international aviation market”, said Duong Tri Thanh – President & CEO of Vietnam Airlines. “With the focus on investing in proficient and disciplined engineers, as well as modern infrastructure on the basis of “Safety First”, Vietnam Airlines has achieved and maintained a high level of flight safety index for the last 20 years, and this is also the most important element of Vietnam Airlines’ 4-star product and service system.”

VAECO has always worked along and ensured excellent technical work for the fleet of Vietnam Airlines, making it the first and one of the few airlines successfully operating two modern aircrafts – Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-900 XWB at the same time.

“EASA is very happy that the certificate has been delivered to VAECO so fast and that we can start our “formal relationship”, and very confident that our next years together will be very successful. During the audit we could see that you have already had a very solid organisation in place”, said Ms. Tajes Rosa – EASA Inspector.

VAECO completed the preparation process with quality documents to officially submit the application for approval of EASA part-145 and passed 5 stages of a rigorous evaluation by EASA. Being EASA-145 approved not only manifests the quality of VAECO’s maintenance service, but it also provides us with opportunities to offer our services to international customers.