MENA Aerospace of Bahrain announced at the Dubai Airshow that it is launching a new division, MENA Technics, to provide MRO services for operators of private and business jets. Jassim Al Marzooqi, who has been appointed as general manager of MENA Technics, said: “We have two clear goals for the new company over the coming year: to be the first MRO to handle every type of aircraft in the region, and to build a solid line maintenance business to support third-party operators.”

Six divisions of MENA Aerospace are exhibiting at this year’s Dubai Airshow, the second time the Bahrain company has appeared at the biennial event. MENA owns and operates a 6,400-square-meter hangar and private aviation complex at Bahrain International Airport. It is accompanied in Dubai by IJM MENA, a joint venture of International Jet Management, of Austria, and MENA subsidiary MAE Aircraft Management.

MENA also announced at the Dubai Airshow that it had signed up to participate in the Bahrain International Airshow in January.