Lufthansa Technik extends its intervention scope |
| Emilie Drab in Dubai |
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29 NOV 2017 | 438 words
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The last Dubai Airshow was a successful one for Lufthansa Technik. The German airline's MRO division landed several contracts for VIP redesign, connectivity and support. One of these agreements concerns a top level partnership agreement with Honeywell for all the components it provides for the A350.
Honeywell has given Lufthansa Technik its sign of approval and had made it an approved repair centre for its A350 components, including the HGT1700 APUs, and has assigned the company as its exclusive supplier for this equipment in the context of MRO services. A350 operators can not contact Lufthansa Technik to lease or exchange Honeywell components on A350s and for more extensive maintenance services.
Lufthansa Technik also signed an agreement with a customer whose identity has not been revealed to equip several 747-8s with Ka band connectivity from 2018. This makes it the first MRO company to carry out modifications on this type of plane. The company is also emphasising the fact that it is carrying out this type of work on the Lufthansa group's entire A320 fleet, that it has the STC (Supplemental type certificates) to modify the 737 family's (including BBJ), A330s/A340s, and that it is able to work on ten aircraft at the same time, thereby reducing immobilisation time to a maximum of four days for a standard aircraft.
These retrofit capabilities have also won over another unidentified customer, this time for cabin redesign on a 787-8 VIP. Work, which constitutes a first for Lufthansa Technik on this type of plane, will begin in 2018. The company is also planning to install an office, a bathroom and a bedroom in the plane's private area, followed by a conference and breakfast area, then an area for delegations (which will feature several classes).
The Saudi airline flyadeal has opted for a more "traditional" four-year engineering services contract for its A320 fleet. Lufthansa Technik will be supporting the young low-cost airline with the set-up of a maintenance control centre. In particular, this centre will feature airworthiness maintenance management services, troubleshooting training, reliability management and management of limited lifetime parts. It will also help the low-cost airline establish an optimised maintenance programme.
But Lufthansa Technik has not just been busy in Dubai. The company has also inaugurated the extension of the workshops of its Lufthansa Technik Component Services (LTCS) subsidiary in Tulsa, whose surface has now doubled in size. This provides the company with additional capacity, but also enables it to improve its logistics and secure its supply chain, while taking advantage of the excellent growth perspectives in the region, which are around 20% per year. |
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Emilie Drab
Assistant editor
Civil aerospace, Air transport
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