China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) has signed a maintenance and technical consulting agreement with China Eastern Airlines’ engineering arm, Eastern Airlines Technic (EAT).
The agreement will see EAT provide MRO services and technical advisory for CALC’s fleet. It also opens the way for further cooperation on CALC’s planned aircraft disassembly facility that will be built in Harbin.
“Leveraging the core competence of Eastern Airlines Technic in terms of comprehensive aircraft portfolio and extensive maintenance experiences, the partnership will bring CALC better resources and will provide us with advanced and all-rounded technical support,” says CALC’s senior vice-president technical and asset management Jerry Duan.
“In return, CALC will provide Eastern Airlines Technic with overseas market information, and bridge it with our overseas customers.”
Established in 2014, EAT primarily serves China Eastern and its other airline subsidiaries, but has aspirations to grab a larger slice of the lucrative third-party MRO market.
The company’s Shanghai facility was granted US Federal Aviation Administration approval for line maintenance in March.
Flightglobal’s Ascend Fleets database shows that CALC has a portfolio of 52 Airbus A320 family and Boeing 737s, and has a further 136 aircraft on order.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
