6 March, 2019: Lufthansa Technik AG has been contracted by three major Russian passenger and cargo carriers,Lufthansa Technik AG has been contracted by three major Russian passenger and cargo carriers, Aeroflot, Ural Airlines & AirBridgeCargo Airlines for comprehensive and long-term support.
Aeroflot has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Technik for maintenance, repair and overhaul events for all ARC (Airframe Related Components) parts of Aeroflot's A320 family aircraft, including modification services. Pooling services for specific components such as thrust reversers, inlet cowls and fan cowls will also be provided by Lufthansa Technik. Also, an exclusive home base stock has been set up at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow for Aeroflot and the provision of services has been started in December 2018. For the very first time, A-Technics, the MRO provider of Aeroflot Group in Moscow, is defined as the dedicated subcontractor for all ARC MRO activities within their ability.
Ural Airlines has assigned Lufthansa Technik with component support for its new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and has extended the existing agreement to support the addition of Airbus A320neo aircraft to its fleet. The MRO services will be provided to the airlines under the terms of a Total Component Support agreement and will be complemented by pooling services. The phase-in of fourteen Boeing medium-haul aircraft and five new Airbus is slated to begin this year. The home base of the Russian carrier in Ekaterinburg will be appropriately enlarged with components for the new aircraft types for optimum supply. The component repairs will be performed mainly at the Hamburg facility.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has given Lufthansa Technik the contract to provide component services for its Boeing 747-400F freighter fleet. The long-term Total Component Support (TCS) agreement states that Lufthansa Technik will have to provide the Russian cargo airline with component pooling and leasing services. The contract covers the Boeing 747-400F fleet of AirBridgeCargo which currently consists of six aircraft. Lufthansa Technik will perform comprehensive component services on a list of approximately 1,400 parts, including leasing services for home base components. Aeroflot, Ural Airlines