The arrival of a Boeing 787-8 for maintenance on Dec 10 pushed Xiamen's 2025 inbound aircraft repair volume past its 2024 total, with 203 aircraft cleared to date, and the year-end total forecast to exceed 210.
A newly overhauled landing gear was installed onto an inbound aircraft for re-export on Nov 13, marking the 100th Boeing 787 landing gear maintenance completed by Taikoo (Xiamen) Landing Gear Services.
Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport has achieved a new milestone—its maintenance base by HAECO has recently been awarded the LEED Platinum certification.
Xiamen Customs recently processed China's first expedited duty-free review under the "one-time approval, multiple uses" model for imported maintenance materials of common aircraft parts for HAECO Xiamen.
With the C919's entry into regular commercial service, the Xiamen Free Trade Zone is advancing maintenance capacity development for domestically-developed aircraft.
The Xiamen Free Trade Zone has now become China's largest inbound aircraft maintenance base, attracting internationally renowned companies such as Taikoo, ST Engineering, and Honeywell.
