KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Ukraine aircraft manufacturing and services company, Antonov, has received an offer\u00a0to provide\u00a0aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services at the Kulim International Airport (KXP) in Malaysia’s northern state of Kedah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The offer was extended by Kedah Chief Minister\u00a0Mukhriz Mahathir during his\u00a0meeting with Ukrainian\u00a0Ambassador to Malaysia,\u00a0Olexander Nechytaylo and Antonov\u2019s representative in Penang Thursday\u00a0night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a post on Mukhriz\u2019s Facebook account, Mukhriz Mahathir FC, Antonov was established in Kiev in 1946, and the company specialises in manufacturing cargo aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was also attended by Economic Affairs Minister, Mohamed Azmin Ali, Northern Corridor Implementation Authority chief executive, Jebasingam Issace John, and KXP AirportCity Holdings Sdn Bhd chief executive officer, Dr Ir Annuar Saffar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Azmin posted a tweet describing the meeting as productive in terms of unlocking the state\u2019s potential in the aerospace industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast night’s working dinner explored potential investments from a leading Ukrainian company seeking to develop MRO and aircraft component manufacturing in Kulim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn 2018, 11 aerospace projects with total investments of US$196.42 million (RM816.3 million, US$1 = RM4.15) were approved, generating 2,442 jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the Ministry of Economic Affairs\u00a0was looking forward to welcoming\u00a0foreign investments in the aerospace industry\u00a0as a\u00a0catalyst to generate\u00a0high-income jobs to develop the country\u2019s capability in MRO and in manufacturing aircraft components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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