Industry Addendum: MRO and Components
Tommaso Auriemma named AFI KLM E&M Asia-Pacific sales boss
June 1st 2021
Aerospace engineer, Tommaso Auriemma, is to succeed Dominik Wiener Silva as vice president sales Asia-Pacific for global MRO, AFI KLM E&M, effective August 1. Read More »
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Wiener Silva, after five years heading sales for the MRO from the company’s regional base in Singapore, will join the management team in Amsterdam.
Tommaso has more than 22 years of experience in the aviation MRO, most recently as CEO of Aerotechnic Industries (ATI), a joint venture between AFI KLM E&M and Royal Air Maroc. ATI offers A320/737NG heavy maintenance services in Casablanca, Morocco.
“I would like to warmly thank Dominik Wiener Silva, who has contributed to the dynamism and reputation of AFI KLM E&M in the Asia-Pacific,” said the company’s executive vice president, Anne Brachet. “In the past five years, he has achieved many commercial successes, always driven by a partnership mindset that is so fundamental to our MRO business and a characteristic of our brand.”
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Auriemma said: “We are emerging from one of the most difficult and challenging times in the history of aviation. In this context, clients are expecting us to support them and build new adaptive business solutions jointly.”
Last month, the AFI KLM E&M and Malaysia Airlines (MAB) extended their existing contract for component support of the carrier’s 737s. The program, jointly operated by AFI KLM E&M and Boeing, includes component repair and access to the MRO’s local and main spare parts pools in Kuala Lumpur and Amsterdam.
“The support implemented by AFI KLM E&M for our 737-800 fleet stands out for its service quality and responsiveness to fulfilling our needs for specific component services. It also ensures operational continuity so it was a logical decision to extend our cooperation,” Malaysia Airlines group chief operations officer, Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi, said.
“We are delighted to see Malaysia Airlines has maintained and extended its trust in AFI KLM E&M services,” said the MRO’s executive vice president, Ton Dortmans. “This testifies to the quality of our services and emphasizes our ability to provide solutions backed by a global logistics network built around local facilities at our clients’ doorsteps.”
