Taiwan's TransAsia Airways has signed an eight-year power-by-the-hour maintenance deal with Lufthansa Technik for the International Aero Engines V2500-A5s and engine-related accessories powering its fleet of six Airbus A320s and two A321s. The deal has been signed under LHT's Total Engine Support agreement, which expands and extends a tie-up that began in 1999 with the setting up of a Total Component Maintenance Services and a repair agreement for TransAsia's engines.
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed an eight-year fleet management plan contract with Norway's Widerøe Flyveselskap covering servicing of its 58 PW121 and PW123 engines powering its Bombardier Dash 8/Q Series fleet. The deal includes the provision of a guaranteed operating cost per hour for the duration of the agreement.
SAS Component has signed an exclusive long-term component maintenance agreement with PT Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air) Indonesia covering its 15 Boeing MD-80s. The agreement includes a consignment stock of components in Jakarta and build-up of workshops for wheels, brakes and other selected components at Lion Air's facility in Jakarta.
Pratt & Whitney Component Solutions (PWCS) has doubled its warehousing operations at Muskegon, Michigan. The 2,790m2 (30,000ft2) aviation related distribution facility will consolidate its current inventory with that from PWCS's Franklin Lakes satellite facility.
Ryanair has unveiled plans to set up an aircraft maintenance and overhaul facility at Prestwick Airport in Scotland. The £10 million ($15.2 million) facility will be able to accommodate two Boeing 737-800s when completed in 2004. It is expected to create up to 180 new jobs.
UK BAe 146 operator FlightLine has renewed a flying hour support contract with UK spares specialist CASCO for a further three years. CASCO will continue to support seven BAe 146s operated by the UK charter airline under an agreement which covers all components and spares.
Source: Flight International
