AeroCore Technologies, inventor of Nucleated Foam Technology™ aircraft engine cleaning, has opened its Middle East regional headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It's a big move for airlines across the Kingdom and the GCC, so let's break it down.
The new headquarters will house regional leadership, engineering, technician training, and equipment support. As a result, service teams will sit much closer to customers, supporting Saudi Vision 2030.
In other words, help is now right around the corner instead of an ocean away.
Heat, humidity, dust, and sand are tough on aircraft engines. Gas path fouling erodes exhaust gas temperature (EGT) margin, increases fuel burn, and pressures time on wing. Consequently, operators are seeing accelerated engine removals and need a better on-wing cleaning solution.
AeroCore's patented technology is field-proven across thousands of washes on U.S. military aircraft. Better yet, it cleans the full engine gas path planeside in about an hour, with no disassembly or towing. Teams can wash multiple engines at once, and all effluent is captured for environmentally responsible disposal.
Because it fits into overnight maintenance or planned ground time, it slots neatly into a data-driven engine wash program.
So what's the payoff? Commercial programs have reported EGT margin recovery of roughly 4–10°C beyond legacy wash methods. Additionally, they've seen fuel burn reductions of 0.5–1.5% and time-on-wing extensions of up to 1,500 cycles.
The technology is validated on aircraft families widely flown across the GCC, including the Airbus A320, A321, A330, and A350, plus the Boeing 737 NG and MAX, 777, and 787.
Captain Fahd Cynndy, Board Member at AeroCore Technologies, put it well: "Saudi Arabia and the GCC are building one of the world's most ambitious aviation markets, and that growth needs solutions that improve availability, extend time on wing and build local capability."
Ultimately, AeroCore's Riyadh headquarters brings that capability closer to operators, right on their ramps and around their schedules.
