Dubai Airshow: 2009 was a good year for Alsalam, says CEO

“Despite the global economic climate, this year has been a very good year for Alsalam,” Mohammed Fallatah, President and CEO of Riyadh's Alsalam Aircraft Company, told Arabian Aerospace at the Dubai Air Show.
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Though the Alsalam Aircraft Company was formed as the result of an offset deal, it has become much more than a Boeing partner company, and is now a profitable and independent entity.

“A lot of the work I’m getting is nothing to do with Boeing, oddly. The Royal Saudi Air Force is my biggest customer and BAE is my second biggest.” Fallatah says.

Even on the commercial side, Alsalam is not limited to Boeing airliners, working on the A300 and actively looking for EASA certification on the A320 family. “I am looking at A318, 319, 320, primarily because of the VIP configured aircraft in the region.”

And Alsalam is moving away from heavy maintenance of large airliners, turning its attention to VIP aircraft completions and maintenance, and to component manufacturing and even airframe final assembly, while maintaining a heavy presence in military aircraft upgrades and maintenance.

The full interview with Mohammed Fallatah will be published in the next edition of Arabian Aerospace

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