Gulf Air gets CAMO rating

Chief executive Samer Majali, said: “The CAMO approval not only recognises Gulf Air’s compliance with highest standards of airworthiness and safety regulations but also its in-house capability to achieve and maintain such high standards of our fleet.

“After many years of outsourcing our fleet management and airworthiness control to outside agencies, we are now able to in-source such key technical functions to be taken care of by our own technical team. This will enable us to further improve the quality and airworthiness control of our aircraft, significantly enhancing aircraft safety level while reducing maintenance cost.”

Gulf Air’s director engineering & airworthiness Jamal Hashim, heads the project team, said: “This is a very significant milestone for our national carrier and a great recognition of our skills and capabilities.”

Hashim   said the award will help the airline in the efficient planning of maintenance checks, providing it with a better fleet maneuverability “This helps in maximizing our aircraft utilisation resulting in a better management and reduction in maintenance cost,” he said