(Luton, UK – 12 October, 2017) - Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), celebrating 50 years as a leading MRO, has signed a new base maintenance agreement with Icelandair.

The airline is a new base maintenance customer for MAEL who will carry out C check for Icelandair’s Boeing 757 cargo aircraft. The maintenance work will be carried out at Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s Luton Airport hangar and is due to commence at the end of October 2017.

Andy Lowi, Business Development Manager at Monarch Aircraft Engineering, said: “Following on from the successful line maintenance work we have completed in the past for Icelandair, we are happy to now be carrying out the base maintenance work. We look forward to welcoming the airline’s Boeing 757 cargo aircraft into our Luton hangar later this month.”

Asgeir Larusson Director of Continuing Airworthiness Management at Icelandair commented: “We have always been impressed with Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s services so I am delighted to have signed this base maintenance agreement for our B757 C checks. We look forward to working with MAEL this autumn."