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MRO support for England’s Future Strategic Transport Aircraft to be provided by Lufthansa Technik

Oct. 1, 2010

MADRID, Spain 1 Oct. 2010. Airbus Military has selected Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to undertake component support for England's Royal air force's (RAF's) new fleet of 14 A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA). The ten-year contract will begin when the FSTA enters service with the RAF towards the end of next year.

Posted by John McHaleMADRID, Spain 1 Oct. 2010. Airbus Military has selected Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to undertake component support for England's Royal air force's (RAF's) new fleet of 14 A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA). The ten-year contract will begin when the FSTA enters service with the RAF towards the end of next year.Hamburg-headquartered LHT is a maintenance, repair,and overhaul (MRO)-provider and has a close relationship with Airbus as a long-standing member of the Airbus MRO Network.Under the terms of the deal, LHT will be responsible for: establishing the initial component stock at the FSTA main operating base of RAF Brize Norton; reprovision of components, expendables and standard aircraft hardware; providing access to a component pool; component repair and overhaul; and transportation of components. It includes an option for FSTA aircraft to be painted by LHT."This contract is an important milestone in creating the highly robust MRO operation that we are putting into place to support FSTA in service," says Richard Thompson, Airbus Military vice president of customer services.

MRO support for England’s Future Strategic Transport Aircraft to be provided by Lufthansa Technik

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