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Industry News - Events 4 Middle East ‘vibrancy’ on display at Dubai Airshow as records fall Last month’s Dubai Airshow provided a glimmer of light in an increasingly troubled global financial landscape, as the order book topped $63bn - more than four times larger than the previous event in 2009, which posted $14bn in orders. Airbus continued its relentless march forward with the new fuel-efficient A320neo, notching up close to 200 orders and MOUs for the model, while Boeing stole the show on the long-haul side with a massive new order for 50 777-ER aircraft from Emirates. The deal, valued at $18bn at list prices, was the largest in Boeing’s 95-year history, in dollar value - until two days later, when the Chicago-based airframer announced a $21.7bn agreement for 201 of its own single-aisle fuel-efficient offering, the 737 Max, and a further 29 NG 737-900ERs, with Indonesia’s Lion Air. The 2011 Dubai Airshow was the last to be held at the Airport Expo, as the next show, in 2013, will take place in Dubai World Central, a purpose-built ‘aerotropolis‘ that is an integral component of the Dubai Government‘s strategy to establish the emirate as an international aviation hub and a gateway to global markets. The Dubai Airshow 2011 in figures Total trade visitors 56,548 (+7%) Total exhibitors 960 (+8%) Total countries 122 Total square meters 325,513 Total chalets 103 Total order book $63.3bn Source: F&E Aerospace Lufthansa Technik signs various cooperation agreements at Dubai Airshow • LHT and Emirates signed a non-exclusive agreement for a period of five years related to the maintenance of components installed on the Airbus A330/A340 and Boeing 777 fleets operated by Emirates. • Maximus Air extended its existing contract for component supply with Lufthansa Technik by five years, and new aircraft have been added. In addition, Lufthansa Technik will carry out line maintenance in Europe for Maximus Air’s Airbus A300-600 freighters. Maximus Air has had a Total Component Support TCS contract for four years for the carrier’s current two A300-600 freighters. This agreement has now been expanded to include three more freighters being added to the fleet, and simultaneously extended to cover all five aircraft through 2016. At the same time, Maximus Air has commissioned Lufthansa Technik with line maintenance and A- and C-checks in Leipzig and Brussels. • Lufthansa Technik and NAS-Holding of Saudi Arabia are expanding their cooperation. Lufthansa Technik already provides component and engine services for NAS fleet and support for the new technical subsidiary NAS-Tech. Now the two partners will join Emirates ordered a further 50 777ER aircraft from Boeing at the 2011 Dubai Airshow Boeing forces in offering technical services for customers in Saudi Arabia, who will be addressed and served through a joint sales organization representing both partners. The MRO services of NAS-Tech and Lufthansa Technik complement each other perfectly, whether for VIP and special mission aircraft or for maintenance and overhaul services for commercial airlines in Saudi Arabia. • Lufthansa Technik signed a second completion contract for a Boeing 747-8. An appropriate signing with an undisclosed customer took place at the Dubai Airshow 2011. The completion will start in 2012. • Lufthansa Technik established a new company headquartered in Dubai – Lufthansa Technik Middle East Services (LTMES), which will bundle all the Middle East sales and service activities currently pursued by a variety of members of the international Lufthansa Technik Group and establish a repair operation for nacelle components such as fan reversers, inlet cowls and fan cowls. Lufthansa Technik Middle East Services will look after customers in the Middle East for all Lufthansa Technik Group companies. flydubai signs $20m maintenance support contract with Honeywell flydubai signed a maintenance cost agreement with Honeywell, worth more than $20m, to provide maintenance support for the carrier’s auxiliary power units (APUs) installed on its fleet of Boeing 737-800NG passenger aircraft. The 10-year contract provides flydubai with a stable, predictable maintenance structure that reduces costs associated with ad-hoc maintenance work and unscheduled airframe grounding. It also extends the operational availability of the fleet, which currently stands at 20 aircraft. flydubai has another 30 Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft on order. Goodrich signs two key support agreements with Emirates Goodrich signed two support agreements with Emirates. The first is a General Terms Agreement (GTA) which provides the framework for all future MRO agreements between the two. The second represents the first application of this GTA. Under the 10-year Specific Business Agreement, Goodrich will deliver comprehensive overhaul and support services for the suite of 16 passenger evacuation slides on the Emirates Airbus A380 fleet. All maintenance work will be conducted at Goodrich’s Middle East MRO campus in Dubai.
Industry News 5 Sabena technics uses know-how, partnerships to expand in South America, Asia and Middle East Sabena technics knows a thing or two about the aviation industry, having been in the business since 1923. From its early days as the flag carrier of Belgium to its transformation into a multinational MRO with 17 sites in seven countries, the company is no stranger to doing business outside the comfort zone of Europe and the US. Company CEO Christophe Bernardini told AviTrader MRO that 2012 will be a challenging year for the industry. He believes that continuing pressure on airlines will see them outsourcing more MRO work as they are increasingly forced to focus on their core business of flying. Christophe Bernardini Sabena technics “MROs need to offer cash-strapped airlines competitive prices accompanied by a capacity to respond to business needs and accompany them in their development,” he said. “We also need to be attentive to the life-cycle of airlines and their financial evolution. Nowadays, given the leasing options available, airlines can as easily be created as they can go bankrupt.“ Looking ahead to 2012, Sabena technics is focusing on its geographical expansion in growth regions such as Asia, the Middle East and South America. It is the final stages of setting up a component repair shop in Bogotá, Colombia, the logical extension of the 10-year full component support deal it won earlier this year from Avianca-TACA to service the Latin American carrier’s Airbus A320 fleet. “We add value in developing markets where our know-how is an asset,” continued Bernardini, “and where we are also attentive to external growth and partnership opportunities to accompany the growing fleets in these regions. Critical size is a key to success.” In the past month, Sabena technics has sealed a number of agreements that reinforce its international presence: • Spare Solution Support India (SSSI) contracted Sabena technics for the repair of Airbus A320 and A321 components to ensure optimal support for its pool customers. Through its component services division, Sabena technics launched a repair management technical collaboration with SSSI, a joint venture between EADS/Airbus, Indian partner Airspace Infrastructure and Turkish MRO Airlogic, which offers component and logistics support. • Sabena technics also signed a three-year component repair services agreement with ULS Airlines Cargo, a Turkish cargo operator formerly known as Kuzu Airlines Cargo, which operates international cargo services with a fleet of three Airbus A300-84s and three A310-300s. “This increased flow of repair rewards our efforts and is a testament to the high level of services provided by Sabena tecnnics on these specific aircraft types,” said Bernardini. • Qatar Airways renewed an existing agreement with Sabena technics by signing an additional five-year component support contract. The new agreement will include component repair and overhaul as well as pool access for its fleet of Airbus A300- 600 aircraft. The contract will be operated with a dedicated customer support manager on-site in Doha. • Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group) and Barfield, the US subsidiary of the Sabena technics Group, signed two agreements. In the first, Barfield will contract the repair of hydraulic equipment to Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s facility in Querétaro, Mexico, and in the second agreement Messier-Bugatti-Dowty will grant an exclusive license to Barfield for the maintenance of electromechanical equipment, covering all of North America. Saving Our Customers Money BY SELLING THE HIGHEST QUALITY SURPLUS JET ENGINE MATERIAL Specializing in CFM56-5 & 7, V2500, and 80C Material 4700 Lyons Technology Parkway | Coconut Creek, FL USA 33073 Phone: USA: 954.421.2510 sales@tesllc.aero | www.tesllc.aero
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