Mubadala Aerospace, a business unit of the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development Company, is gearing to roll out the first UAE-manuctured aircraft by 2019, according to a senior company executive.
"We will be able to build a jet in the UAE over the next 9-10 years — 2019 is what we have set ourselves as a target. We have to build up to it gradually as we establish the MRO [maintenance, repair and overhaul] and make it globally competitive," Abdullah Shadid, chief commercial officer, Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, told Gulf News on the sidelines of the recently held MRO Middle East 2012 event.
Shadid added that Mub-adala is trying to make aerospace over the next decade "one of the most important drivers" for Abu Dhabi's economy.
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