LIMA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2018) The Helicentro Peru repair center for the maintenance of earlier delivered Russian helicopters opened not far from the Peruvian capital of Lima on Monday, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
The center will be operating at the airbase of the Peruvian Air Force Maintenance Service (SEMAN), which is located close to Lima.
Peruvian Defense Minister�Jose Modesto Huerta Torres, Helicentro Peru Director General Augusto Tenorio Dominguez, Russian Helicopters CEO Andrey Boginsky as well as Peruvian Air Force's high-level representatives and Russian diplomats were among the attendees of a ceremony to open the center.
It is planned that the center, which was due to be opened in 2017, will repair Russia's Mi-171Sh helicopters delivered to Peru under a contract dated 2013. The center will not confine its activity to the maintenance of the Peruvian helicopters and will also repair Russia-manufactured helicopters operated by other Latin countries.
