Safran and Lufthansa Technik sign MRO partnership agreement for A380 landing gear

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Safran Landing Systems and Lufthansa Technik AG have signed a
long-term contract on A380 landing gear services.  

The two companies will combine their respective areas of A380 landing
gear MRO expertise at their Singapore (Safran Landing Systems) and
London (Lufthansa Technik) facilities to deliver optimized solutions
that cover all aspects of the so-called superjumbo jet's landing
gear. This extensive asset and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul)
partnership will provide airlines with a single point of contact
throughout the whole commercial and industrial chain, thus a
comprehensive A380 landing gear support. Airlines will be free to
send their complete set of landing gear to one of the partners, thus
avoiding complex processes.

Bruno Chiarelli, Safran Landing Systems Executive Vice President, MRO
Division, said: "We are proud to team up with Lufthansa Technik to
offer our customers the best solutions in terms of competitiveness
and logistics. They will benefit from the combined expertise of an
OEM/MRO and a "nose to tail" MRO service provider, both world-class
in their field."

Sandra Eckstein, Vice President of Aircraft Systems at Lufthansa
Technik, added: "This far-reaching partnership with Safran Landing
Systems enables us to offer a complete MRO landing gear service
portfolio for the A380. Our customers will benefit from their
combined expertise, with Lufthansa Technik also contributing our
comprehensive A380 main landing gear support capabilities."

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the
aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran
has a global presence, with more than 95,000 employees and sales of
24,6 billion euros in 2019. Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris
stock exchange, and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices.

Safran Landing Systems is the world leader in aircraft landing and
braking systems. The company works with 30 civil and military
aircraft manufacturers and supports 27,800 aircraft that make 73,000
landings a day.