16 August 2019: Lufthansa Technik Malta has received the requisite license from the German Federal Aviation Office (LBA) to carry out all overhaul work on the Airbus A350-1000.
The recent certification amends the approval to carry out overhaul work on the baseline A350-900, which was already obtained in 2018. With immediate effect, Lufthansa Technik Malta is permitted to work on the stretched version of the twin-engine widebody. The necessary overhaul lines and docks were already adapted to the new subtype at the time of the earlier approval.
Marcus Motschenbacher, Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa Technik Malta said, "With this approval, we have further cemented our leading position as the only Airbus widebody overhaul site in the European Lufthansa Technik network. We are therefore very well positioned to provide long-term technical support for the entire A350 range. This is a great success for the Lufthansa Technik Group."