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Nuan-Hsuan Ho becomes founding chairman of NORDAM Asia
November 17th 2017
China Airlines (CAL) chairman, Nuan-Hsuan Ho, has been named founding chairman of NORDAM Asia, a new composites MRO joint venture between CAL and NORDAM Aerospace Group, formalized this week at NORDAM’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, headquarters. Read More »
NORDAM Asia will be NORDAM’s first and only commercial MRO facility in this region and will offer its services under the NORDAM brand name.
The tie-up has three core targets: to fulfil the maintenance requirements of the thrust reverser and composite parts fitted on CAL’s fleet; to develop CAL’s composite repair capabilities of nacelles, exhausts, radomes, flight controls and aero-structures and enhance the aviation industry capabilities in Taiwan. The two firms have been partners for more than a decade. NORDAM has been providing thrust reverser repair and overhaul services to CAL since 2006.
The new facility is slated to open in 2019 in Taipei and will focus on serving the China Airlines fleet, including subsidiaries Tigerair Taiwan and Mandarin Airlines.
As part of the agreement, NORDAM expects to leverage CAL’s cargo capacity for "freight-cost advantages," the U.S. supplier said. CAL has an extensive freight operation, anchored by 18 B747-400 freighters.
"We share common objectives to develop, build and operate a cost-effective repair hub, capitalizing on affordable Taiwanese costs and impressive infrastructure,” CAL and new NORDAM Asia chairman, Nuan-Hsuan Ho, commented.
“NORDAM specializes in providing ‘in-manual’ component repairs as well as innovative ‘out-of-manual’ repairs for customers around the globe,” said T. Hastings Siegfried, vice-chairman of NORDAM and the new venture. “Working together with China Airlines, we are improving access for all airlines in the Asia-Pacific region to choose our unparalleled expertise as a more cost-effective option.”
