Lufthansa Technik has installed an overhead crew rest compartment in a Lauda Air Boeing 777-200ER at its Hamburg plant. The Flight Structures-produced compartment incorporates eight bunks and two seats. It is fitted above the passenger cabin at door 3. Meanwhile, Lufthansa Technik Budapest, the company's joint venture with Mal‚v Hungarian Airlines, has redelivered the first Boeing 737 to Lufthansa following overhaul at its facility in Budapest Ferihegy Airport. Work has already begun on the second aircraft of a continuous 737 line for Lufthansa.
UK maintenance company Euravia Engineering & Supply has received US Federal Aviation Administration repair station approval.
Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) has been named an authorised service centre for General Electric CF34-3 and CF34-8 engines in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Air System has signed a five-year C-check maintenance agreement with Thai Airways International's maintenance arm covering its fleet of Airbus A300B2/B4s and A300-600s.
LTE has placed a five-year contract with Iberia to provide component maintenance for its fleet of five Airbus A320s.
Malmö, Sweden-based Falcon Air has signed a four-year heavy maintenance contract with FLS Aerospace for its fleet of three 737-300s. Work will be undertaken at FLS's Dublin facility. Meanwhile, UK charter airline Excel Airways has signed a nine-year agreement with FLS worth $11.5 million for rotable component support for four of its 737-800s. FLS has also been contracted by Lauda Air Italia to perform three C checks on its Boeing 767-300ERs, which will be carried out in Dublin by October.
Investment firm One Equity Partners and aftermarket supplier the Memphis Group have formed Rotable Asset Management (RAM) to acquire, repair and manage line-replaceable units (LRUs) for Airbus and Boeing aircraft as well as regional jets.
Source: Flight International
