23 May 2019:MTU Maintenance has signed an exclusive four-year CFM56-5B contract with GoAir. According to the contract, MTU will take care of maintenance, repair and overhaul as well as spare engine support and on-site services for the CFM56-5B engines powering the airline's 17 A320 aircraft.
GoAir was launched in 2005 and currently the carrier operates 230 flights per day across the Indian subcontinent and international flights to Phuket, Muscat, Male, and Abu Dhabi. The airline has ordered 144 A320neo and is poised for further growth.
"We are delighted to have signed this exclusive contract with MTU Maintenance, a competent and world-renowned MRO provider," said Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir. "We are convinced that they will meet our high service level expectations and look forward to receiving excellent technical support and expertise, whatever our needs. The first engine has already been inducted and we will be sending more shortly."
"The Indian subcontinent has always been a strategic market for MTU and we feel very privileged to have been chosen by one of the key airlines in India to perform CFM56-5B MRO exclusively on their behalf," said Sami Ben-Kraiem, VP Marketing and Sales, Middle East and Southeast Asia. "The Indian subcontinent is a region with huge potential. We look forward to building on this success."