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MRO BRIEFS

Technical Support for A350
RIGhT On TImE FOR ThE mARkET A350, its carbon fiber structures and as well as maintenance on the A380,
launch of the Airbus A350, Lufthansa state-of-the-art engines and systems,” Lufthansa Technik is investing in
Technik is offering operators of this says Wolfgang Weynell, Vice President the extensive involvement in the
new twin-engine wide-body aircraft Corporate Sales and Marketing at development program for the A350.
a comprehensive, flexible portfolio of Lufthansa Technik. “Our customers Since 2008 Lufthansa Technik engineers
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) also benefit from the operational have worked on behalf of Lufthansa,
services for this aircraft type. experience we have gathered in recent which will take delivery of its first A350s
The spectrum of services covers the years maintaining the A380, which in 2016, with teams of airline experts
entire life cycle of the A350 and includes is quite similar to the technological known as Customer Focus Groups.
production inspections, material demands of an A350 aircraft. The These teams have provided support
supply, maintenance and maintenance required performance of engineering for Airbus with numerous aspects of
management as well as engineering and maintenance services are already aircraft design, from flight operations
services, entry-into-service support standard practice at Lufthansa Technik and maintenance all the way to cockpit
and LRU and engine maintenance. A and will be available to A350 operators layout. The involvement of these experts
particular focus of services for the A350 from the first day of commercial is intended to ensure a high degree of
is aircraft IT management, since the operation. The infrastructure needed to maturity and reliability for the A350
aircraft and its maintenance systems maintain the A350 is already in place, from the first delivery and its very first
are much more cross-linked than those and all of our preparations are on day in scheduled service.
of previous aircraft generations. schedule.”
“Lufthansa Technik is already In addition to Lufthansa´s
excellently prepared to maintain the experience in both flight operations

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