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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
China Eastern Airlines has opened a new hangar in Shanghai dedicated to widebody aircraft maintenance, adding MRO capacity at one of China’s major aviation hubs. The facility strengthens the carrier’s maintenance infrastructure and may support more efficient servicing of its long-haul fleet.
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China Eastern Airlines has opened a new hangar in Shanghai dedicated to widebody aircraft maintenance, adding MRO capacity at one of China’s major aviation hubs. The facility strengthens the carrier’s maintenance infrastructure and may support more efficient servicing of its long-haul fleet.
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