Avianca selected the team that will represent the airline in this year's version of the Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC), the most important maintenance competition in the aviation industry worldwide, which will take place between April 9 and 11 in Chicago, United States.
Through the Avianca Maintenance Masters contest, which was held at the Aeronautical Maintenance Center (MRO), in Rionegro, Antioquia, the group made up of Álvaro Andrés Escalante Posada, José Antonio Oviedo Cárdenas, Camilo Zuleta Llano, Brayan Aguilar and Juan Camilo Mafla was selected from eight finalist teams to compete in this year's version of the AMC.
“We are very proud of the team that will represent Avianca in this international competition. With this initiative we show the company's commitment to investing in technology and training of its team and, with participation in the AMC, we realize that we have the human talent necessary to compete globally," commented Albert Pérez, vice president of Avianca Engineering and Maintenance.
The AMM competition that took place today measured the knowledge, experience, skills, abilities and abilities of the participants in topics such as handling tools and equipment, repair, among others.