OREANDA-NEWS. February 20, 2012. Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited's ("HAECO's") landing gear overhaul facility, Taikoo (Xiamen) Landing Gear Services Co. Ltd. ("TALSCO") in Xiamen, China, held a contract signing ceremony at the Singapore Airshow with China Airlines for the overhaul of seventeen ship sets of Boeing 747-400 landing gears.

TALSCO will provide China Airlines with technical support, including rotable assets supply, on-gear installation, AOG support, configuration analysis, fleet analysis, and sampling inspection for the entire fleet of Boeing 747-400s for the airline. Induction of the landing gears is expected between 2013 and 2015.

TALSCO possesses comprehensive landing gear overhaul capabilities include repair / overhaul of Boeing 777, 767, 757, 747, 737NG, 737CL and Airbus A320 installation level landing gear. The company is approved by the authorities to carry out special processes for non-landing gear parts: Nondestructive Inspection, Grinding, Shot Peening, Plating and Painting. TALSCO has also invested in a rotable pool of spare landing gears, namely, Boeing 737NG, 737CL, 747, 757, 767 and 777 to better serve customers' needs.