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MTU Aero Engines inaugurates new final assembly line for the PW1100G-JM

MTU Aero Engines has accomplished one of the most significant milestones in its corporate history: The company has delivered the first Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Geared Turbofan™ engine assembled on its own final assembly line to Airbus. Today, the new assembly line for the A320neo engine at the MTU headquarters in Munich was officially inaugurated by Ilse A...

Lufthansa Technik introduces the next level of predictive maintenance

Condition Analytics combines condition monitoring and predictive maintenance on a single platform. Lufthansa Technik AG today announced the launch of Condition Analytics. The new and highly intelligent platform allows airlines to predict precisely when components should be replaced and recommends measures to be taken to avoid failures before they actually happen. Amon...

FAI wins Algerian tender and welcomes 11th Learjet 60 to its fleet

German special mission operator FAI rent-a-jet AG is pleased to announce it has been awarded a one-year public tendered contract to operate two Learjet 60s out of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The aircraft will be used for multi-purpose missions including both passenger transport and medevac services. This latest win, in a new territory for FAI, underlines the company’s capabilities on th...

Airbus defends A400M as main buyers hedge bets with U.S. rival

Airbus put a brave face on plans by France and Germany - the two main buyers of its troubled A400M military transporter - to operate an extra fleet of rival U.S. planes, saying it would spur European co-operation. The two countries agreed this week to study a joint tactical airlift pool of Lockheed Martin C-130J aircraft alongside the delayed A400M, with Germany looking at buying 4-6 U.S....

Total Component Support for Airbus A330 fleet of WOW air

Lufthansa Technik AG and the Iceland-based low-cost airline WOW air have signed a comprehensive three-year component support agreement for the carrier’s new fleet of three Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract period commenced on 1 August 2016. The Total Component Support TCS® contract covers the overhaul of line replaceable units (LRU), po...

Airbus A350: Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo test loading of Trent XWB

Joint action with Rolls-Royce Together with Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Technik AG has reached another important milestone in its preparations for the entry into service of the Airbus A350 in Lufthansa German Airline’s fleet: In a test carried out in Frankfurt under real-life conditions, a Trent XWB aircraft engine provided by Rolls-Royce was loaded into a Boeing&n...

World’s first 4-seater hydrogen fuel-cell plane takes off in Germany

Aircraft engineers in Germany have tested the world’s first four-seater plane that uses emission-free hybrid fuel cells to fly. The 10-minute test flight on Thursday at Stuttgart Airport in southwestern Germany involved two pilots and two dummy passengers. The twin-cabin plane, known as HY4, was developed by the aircraft maker Pipistrel, the fuel cell specialist Hydrogenics, the Univer...

Lufthansa Supervisory Board approves full acquisition of Brussels Airlines

Remaining 55% of SN Airholding to be acquired through exercise of call option – transaction to be concluded beginning of 2017 The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved the exercising of a call option to acquire the remaining 55% of shares in SN Airholding, the parent company of Brussels Airlines, at its meeting today. The approval paves the way for Lufthansa’s full acq...

Lufthansa Technik strengthens its commitment to Asia

Lufthansa Technik is strengthening its commitment to the growth market of Asia with the founding of Lufthansa Technik Component Services Asia Pacific. At the same time, a new location for component supply in Hong Kong has been established. The new warehouse offers a wide-spanning network for customer care in the Asian region along with the existing locations in Singapore and Narita. In the new...

Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines exploring setting up a joint maintenance company

Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines are looking into options to jointly provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the PW1000G family of geared turbofan engines. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibility of establishing an MRO joint venture at a globally competitive location. First decisio...

Lufthansa Technik signs contract for BBJ 787 engineering & parts provision services

Lufthansa Technik has been selected by an undisclosed customer to perform comprehensive cabin engineering services as well as initial parts rovisioning for the entry into service on a Boeing BBJ 787-8. The engineering services consist of Service Bulletin (SB) and Airworthiness Directive (AD) monitoring, development and tracking of required maintenance planning dat...

Mid-air collision during German air show leaves 2 dead

Two people have been killed after two airplanes crashed head-on during an airshow in Grossrückerswalde in the eastern state of Saxony in Germany. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon during Flugplatzfest 2016. Police in Chemnitz confirmed that after colliding, the glider crashed to the ground, killing its two occupants, while the ultralight aircraft was able to land at a nearby a...

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