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Alfaisal Students and Faculty Visits Aircraft Maintenance Plant

The College of Engineering at Alfaisal University visited Alsalam Aircraft Company located at the Industrial Park in King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh. This visit on the 1st of June 2010, was aimed at consolidating our efforts to engage industry with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and was attended by the College of Engineering staff and students.

AlSalam Aircarft Co. Visit
College of Engineering students at the Engineering Component Section of Alsalam Company

This visit gave an opportunity to the students to get first hand information about the operations conducted, tools employed, and challenges faced by the aircraft industry. The students & faculty were well received by the staff at Alsalam and were given a tour of the Engineering Design, Thermoforming, Non Destructive Testing, Moulding Sections and Aircraft Maintenance hangars. The Manager for Planning and Production Control Mr. Peter J. Cooke explained to the students about the operations, support services, products and testing undertaken at the company.

Our Engineering Students and Faculty were very impressed with the technical know-how and skills of staff at Alsalam. In particular, our students were able to appreciate the complex diversity of various engineering knowledge-bases being applied to the maintenance of aircrafts.
Alsalam Aircraft Company provides comprehensive technical services to operators of wide body and narrow body commercial aircraft, business jets and VIP aircraft from its state-of-the-art facilities. These services include maintenance and modifications, system upgrades, aircraft painting, and VIP aircraft interior design and refurbishments.

Alfaisal Student visit AlSalaam Aircraft Co.
College of Engineering Students and Faculty at the Alsalam Aircraft Maintenance Hangar

This visit exemplifies the practice at the College of Engineering to provide hands on industry exposure to students in order to produce Graduates who are prudent to the Industrial practices and needs.