Lufthansa Technik

A growing number of MROs and OEMs are using additive manufacturing to expand design freedom and improve replacement parts.

Acquisitions, engine servicing agreements and passenger-to-freighter conversions are MRO news highlights for April 2023.

How MROs are adapting to deal with supply chain disruptions and related shortages.

Lufthansa Technik plans to build a new facility for VIP aircraft outfitting and completions in Hamburg.

New repair and trainings centers, along with joint ventures and support contracts feature in Contracts and News Briefs this month.

The center for the training of engine mechanics was opened on Monday (Feb. 20) in the Rahlstedt district of Hamburg.

While fuel savings in flight are the preponderant environmental outcome of using composites, changes in manufacturing would be welcome.

Facility expansions, joint ventures and support contracts feature in Contracts and News Briefs this month.

The Colombian airline has agreed a five-year contract for the digital platform to provide condition monitoring for its Airbus narrowbody and widebody fleet.

Both airlines have outsourced signed agreements with airline affiliated maintenance providers.

The MRO has incorporated two major maintenance software systems under its Aviatar portfolio and has integrated a Lufthansa IT business into its MRO operations.

German MRO is targeting further capacity, new capabilities and jobs in Shannon.

Spare engines have become a chokepoint for airlines due to delivery delays and longer periods out of service for older engines undergoing maintenance.

China Airlines (CAL) has extended its existing Total Component Support (TCS) contract with Lufthansa Technik for a minimum of a further six years, the companies said Feb. 14.

Executive Board Chairman Johannes Bussmann is planning to depart the company; COO Soeren Stark is slated to take over as Chairman on July 1.

Lufthansa Technik will stop offering line-maintenance services from a raft of facilities in its home market as it continues restructuring in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The A350 will replace an A340-600 previously used to measure trace elements and greenhouse gases in the tropopause.

SALZBURG—As part of its new program that reconfigures passenger aircraft for cargo operations in the age of COVID-19, Lufthansa Technik has signed its first agreement to convert an Airbus A380.

Lufthansa Technik has launched a new service in response to the surge in demand for cargo services since the COVID-19 crisis has grounded the vast

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has reached an agreement to introduce short-time work for around 12,000 employees in Germany.

Lufthansa Technik could provide “attractive” collateral for its parent airline group to raise financing to ensure its survival through the coronavirus crisis, Credit Suisse has said.