Technical support for more than 140 aircraft until 2026
Lufthansa Technik AG has renewed a substantial base maintenance
contract with easyJet for more than 140 aircraft of the airline's
A320 family, which was initially signed back in 2016. This sucessful
cooperation was now extended by another five years. The base
maintenance services will be performed at Lufthansa Technik's
facilities in Sofia / Bulgaria and additionally in Malta and Budapest
/ Hungary as required.
Brendan McConnellogue, easyJet Director of Engineering, noted: "We
have used Lufthansa Technik Maintenance across a number of their
sites over the years and have always found them to be a reliable
partner in support of our A320 family maintenance. The renewal of
this contract ensures this working relationship continues and
maintains easyJet's high standards of technical reliability."
Marcus Motschenbacher, Vice President & CCO Aircraft Maintenance
Services of Lufthansa Technik, commented: "We are honored to extend
our partnership with easyJet as one of Europe's leading airlines. The
renewal of this contract proves that maintaining high quality of
service standards over the term is of strategic importance."
Kai-Stefan Röpke, Vice President Corporate Sales EUMEA of Lufthansa
Technik, added: "This is another significant pillar of our continued
robust relationship with easyJet. Even in current difficult times we
have been able to jointly manage challenges the Covid crisis has
imposed on us and find viable solutions to continue our services for
easyJet".
The extended overhaul services in Sofia under the new agreement have
already started in October 2021.