Thirteen years after the announcement and signing of the contract for investment in Beja, in the construction of a hangar for aircraft maintenance, Aeromec now turns to Ponte de Sôr Municipal Aerodrome.
In February 2011, a Aeromec, was considered the first aircraft maintenance company to establish itself at Beja airport.
At that time, a contract was signed between Aeromec – Mecânica de Aeronaves and ANA, that had Pedro Beja Neves, ANA director responsible for Beja airport.
The agreement between the two parties involved an investment of around five million euros in the construction of a hangar for the maintenance of wide body and narrow body aircraft..
The deadline for providing space within Beja airport was 30 year old. The Aeromec installation in Beja should create around 100 work posts.
Thirteen years later, Aeromec “lands” in Ponte de Sôr.
During the Portugal Air Summit, which took place between Wednesday and Friday last week, at Ponte de Sor Municipal Aerodrome, the director of innovation and business development at Aeromec, said that the company is preparing a hangar at the Ponte de Sor airfield “with six thousand square meters”, and with “capacity to accommodate three aircraft, do tipo Airbus A320”.
The project, which should start by the end of the year, predict, In a first phase, the hiring of 25 skilled workers, with perspectives of, no future, reach a maximum of 100 Professional.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
