Signed and Sealed at the Paris Air Show: AFI KLM E&M

AirAsia X extended its agreement with AFI KLM E&M for the Airbus A330 fleet to include the A330neo aircraft, soon to be deployed by the airline group. Services provided will cover repair, pool access and associated logistic services. 

AFI KLM E&M furthered its partnership with Indonesian MRO Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) by engine and component support contracts involving a range of maintenance operations, some of which will be handled by AFI KLM E&M in Paris and Amsterdam, and others by GMF in Jakarta.

The Cambodia startup airline has selected AFI KLM E&M to provide support services for its 10 Airbus A320s. The contract covers a wide range of components, as it also extends to aerostructure and line replaceable units (LRUs) for the V2500 and CFM engines these aircraft are equipped with. The services provided will include repairs, pool access, provision of a main base kit and AOG support in the Asia-Pacific region.

Parker Aerospace and AFI KLM E&M penned an agreement at the Paris Air Show for long-term collaboration on Boeing 787 component MRO services. The contract covers the vast majority of repairable and test-only components for the Parker-designed 787 hydraulic system.

AFI KLM E&M and AIBD Assistance Services (2AS) signed an agreement at Paris to pool their expertise and resources in a joint venture dubbed 2AS Technics. 2AS Technics' operations will focus on line maintenance support for airlines based at or flying to the new Dakar airport.

AFI KLM E&M and Corendon Airlines renewed and extended their CFM56-7B engine support agreement at the Paris Air Show. The contract provides full engine support services, including the conduction of shop visits and supply of replacement engines, and now covers Corendon Airlines' Turkish and Maltese fleets.

Airbus & AFI KLM E&M have agreed a technical and commercial partnership to co-develop and manage a virtual engine run-up A320 maintenance PC-based training solution. Applicable to all A320 engine types, it will use high definition immersive 3D simulation and will be based on real operational scenarios and in-service aircraft maintenance procedures.

Triumph Group and AFI KLM E&M entered discussions to form a strategic alliance aimed at giving airlines and MRO customers global coverage for MRO services in the aftermarket. The scope of the partnership would include services such as MRO, spares pooling, efficient transregional coverage, and repair development for the aerostructures and engine nacelles for some new generation of aircraft.

AFI KLM E&M and Azur Aviation entered into an agreement for Part 21 modification design of a Boeing 777-300ER for the Moscow-based airline. This is the third partnership between the two groups in this field, with AFI KLM E&M already undertaking the modification of three Boeing 777-300ERs operated by Azur.