Tunisia - "Airbus' plans to establish a civil aviation park, 1,700 jobs planned
The aircraft manufacturer "Airbus", plans to create, in the coming years, a park of its Tunisian Civil Aviation, announced on Monday in Tunis, the Airbus chief for the Middle East, Habib Fekih, after a meeting with Hamadi Jebali, Prime Minister, TAP reports.
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This project, which is part of the plant expansion to Aerolia Mghira (Ben Arous), specializing in aerospace components is, the official said, to support efforts by Tunisia to face the problem of unemployment (about 800 000 unemployed).
According to Mr. Fekih, the extension of the plant, located in the southern suburb of Tunis, will quadruple the number of unit personnel while carrying 400 people to 1,700 employees and executives.
The meeting with Prime Minister permitted to review the issues of training, development of basic infrastructure and logistics for implementing the planned project (integrated park).
Last January, during a visit to Tunisia, the COO of Airbus President and Board of Aerolia SAS, Fabrice Bregier, said that "we will proceed to a second stage, the construction an aerospace park outsourcing in several areas (equipment, logistics, surface treatment ...), and this requires government support regarding the establishment of infrastructure and training ... ".
The unit Aerolia Tunisia produced 37 aircraft components which 80% are dedicated to the Airbus 320 and exported to France for assembly at company headquarters in Toulouse. TAP concludes.
Habib Fekih has been the President of Airbus Middle East since June 2006. Airbus Middle East is one of the four subsidiaries Airbus has established worldwide (United States, China, Japan and Middle East). He began his professional career in 1976 with Tunis Air, where he held various positions over a period of ten years. In May 1986 he joined Airbus as sales director for North Africa, becoming Middle East sales vice-president two years later.
He was born in Mezdour, Tunisia, in April 1952. After graduating from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in Paris, he obtained a degree in Avionics from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de L’Aeronautique et de L’Espace in Toulouse.
According to Mr. Fekih, the extension of the plant, located in the southern suburb of Tunis, will quadruple the number of unit personnel while carrying 400 people to 1,700 employees and executives.
The meeting with Prime Minister permitted to review the issues of training, development of basic infrastructure and logistics for implementing the planned project (integrated park).
Last January, during a visit to Tunisia, the COO of Airbus President and Board of Aerolia SAS, Fabrice Bregier, said that "we will proceed to a second stage, the construction an aerospace park outsourcing in several areas (equipment, logistics, surface treatment ...), and this requires government support regarding the establishment of infrastructure and training ... ".
The unit Aerolia Tunisia produced 37 aircraft components which 80% are dedicated to the Airbus 320 and exported to France for assembly at company headquarters in Toulouse. TAP concludes.
Habib Fekih has been the President of Airbus Middle East since June 2006. Airbus Middle East is one of the four subsidiaries Airbus has established worldwide (United States, China, Japan and Middle East). He began his professional career in 1976 with Tunis Air, where he held various positions over a period of ten years. In May 1986 he joined Airbus as sales director for North Africa, becoming Middle East sales vice-president two years later.
He was born in Mezdour, Tunisia, in April 1952. After graduating from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in Paris, he obtained a degree in Avionics from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de L’Aeronautique et de L’Espace in Toulouse.
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