Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao hold 2024 Joint Maintenance Management meeting in Macao

     The Deputy Director-General of the Flight Standards Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Mr Xue Shijun; the Director-General of Civil Aviation of Hong Kong, Mr Victor Liu; and the President of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Mr Pun Wa-kin, attended the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao 2024 Joint Maintenance Management (JMM) meeting convened in Macao yesterday (June 19).
      
     The three authorities were briefed by the working group about the overall work progress and future development plans, including the implementation of the Joint Maintenance Management Cooperation Arrangement signed by the three authorities in 2021. The three authorities also took the opportunity to proactively explore ways to expand the areas of co-operation amongst the three authorities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) from the perspectives of the JMM and continued airworthiness.
      
     Mr Liu said that the GBA civil aviation maintenance industry units signed the Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation on the GBA Civil Aviation Maintenance Industry Alliance (GCMA) earlier in March, which marked the formal establishment of the first civil aviation maintenance industry alliance in the GBA and created new momentum for the industry. The Civil Aviation Department, while continuing to play the roles of co-ordinator and facilitator, will further enhance comprehensive co-operation in the civil aviation field in the region in accordance with the directions of the National 14th Five-Year Plan and the Outline Development Plan for the GBA.
      
     At the meeting today (June 20), industry representatives of the GCMA reported to the three authorities on co-operation within the industry, and conducted in-depth discussions on enhancing the mobility of aircraft maintenance personnel, expanding mutual recognition of professional qualifications, as well as strengthening maintenance capabilities and training resources, with an aim to jointly promote the high-quality development of the aviation industry in the three places.