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Heavy Metal Singer-Aviator Signs Deal To Relaunch Air Djibouti

Heavy Metal Singer-Aviator Signs Deal To Relaunch Air Djibouti

From eTurboNews.

Bruce Dickinson, famously known for his role as lead singer of one of the world’s most famous heavy metal bands, is also chairman of Cardiff Aviation, a company that specializes in heavy aircraft maintenance, flight & technical training and aviation parts certification.

Dickinson recently visited the east African nation to sign a deal with the country’s government to help relaunch Air Djibouti, which ceased operations in 2002 after years of mismanagement and overstaffing.

A qualified commercial pilot on the Boeing 757 and 737, and training instructor on the Boeing 737, Dickinson has spent the past 16 years dividing his time between recording and touring with the band Iron Maiden and maintaining his second career in aviation.

He set up Cardiff Aviation in 2012, which now employs somewhere the region of 70 people, providing maintenance, training and operational support to a number of airlines.

Cardiff Aviation, according to media reports, will source aircraft and help operate Air Djibouti, which is due to re-launch later this year.

A former French colony, Djibouti is undergoing a renaissance of late, attracting billions of dollars in investment as it looks to emulate Dubai’s success story.

A long-established trading hub and gateway to trillion-dollar markets, Djibouti’s strategic access to East Africa and its positioning as a low tax, international trade center are factors that have encouraged global investment in the tiny state.

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