Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a maintenance and support contract with Airbus for its five Airbus A340-500 aircraft.
Under the six-year agreement, Airbus will provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for the aircraft, says Airbus.
SIA operates the A340s, which have an all-business class configuration, on long-haul flights.
The airline had previously signed a similar agreement, called Flight Hour Services Tailored Support Package (FHS-TSP), with Airbus for its A330s.
"Our A340-500 ultra long-haul all business class fleet requires undisputed passengers' satisfaction based on absolute fleet reliability. The exceptionally high performance today of our A330 fleet under FHS-TSP gives us confidence to apply this successful concept to our A340-500 fleet," says SIA's senior VP for engineering Mervyn Sirisena.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
