Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers must make use of lower labour costs and form local joint ventures and partnerships to maximise the potential of the Asia-Pacific market, says consultancy Frost & Sullivan. It estimates the Asia-Pacific MRO market could be worth as much as $13 billion in 2011, but warns that Western companies will fail to capture a large share of this unless they use local resources.
Source: Flight International
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