Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has announced that
Mandarin Airlines has become the first customer to use its new
distribution and retreading facility in China.
The three-year deal will see Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft
Tyres Company Limited provide bias tyres for the Taipei-based
carrier's fleet of eight E-190/195s.
"We opened our facility just weeks ago and I'm delighted that we
have already gained interest from operators in the region and also,
in that short time, to have reached this agreement with Mandarin
Airlines," said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres' chairman, Ian Edmondson.
"The facility enables airlines to return tyres for retreading at
an operation that is efficient and that is ideally located for
quick and easy shipping of tyres to and from the region."
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres opened its new retread and distribution
facility in November, boosting the company's competitiveness in the
global aviation marketplace and bringing increased tyre choice to
aircraft operators in Asia Pacific.
It operates as Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres Company
Limited and is a joint venture with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering
Company Limited (HAECO) (28%) and Taikoo ( Xiamen ) Aircraft
Engineering Company Limited (TAECO) (9%).
Based in Jinjiang , Fujian Province, the operation has full site
and product approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of
China (CAAC) and the site has also received full repair-station
approval from EASA.