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FEATURE FUTURE MRO

the facility to over 30,000 m2. The Tarnos
plant caters for customer support and
MRO activities and approximately 10,000
customers visit the plant each year.
Turbomeca also unveiled an enhanced
warranty program for all new and
current civil engine models, this year. The
“Turbomeca Care Program” warranty
conditions include a 400-hour increase
in coverage for repaired equipment at
no extra cost for customers. Warranty
extensions will also be available for
Turbomeca customers, where they can
add extra coverage in hours or months
in order to match them as closely as
possible for their operational needs. Time
between Overhaul (TBO) of engines and
accessories is an important parameter
for operators and here Turbomeca has
worked to extend the TBO of its Arriel
2S2 engine to 3,850 hours and TBO of the
Arriel 1E2 FCU to 3,600 hours in 2014
New offerings are also being brought significantly enhances user flexibility and A350 XWB is an important source of future
to the MRO sector by Lufthansa Technik allows use of the Cyclean engine wash revenue for Lufthansa Technik and it has
which is now offering an advanced version in wintertime. Lufthansa Technik will already gained experience on the aircraft
of its Cyclean engine wash system. expand the Cyclean engine wash portfolio as a result of launch customer Qatar
The new system allows use of Cyclean to all popular engine types by the winter Airways having commenced operations to
at outside air temperatures as low as of 2016. Lufthansa Technik is also helping Frankfurt from the beginning of this year.
-10 degrees Celsius as compared to +5 European airline Finnair in operations As part of the Total Component Support
degrees Celsius for the previous version. with the Airbus A350 XWB. Finnair is the (TCS), that it will provide Finnair for its
The first system is already operational first European airline to operate the A350 A350 XWB fleet, more than 1,000 individual
at London-Heathrow and the second XWB and signed a 12 year contract with components will be kept in store by
and third systems have been deployed at Lufthansa Technik in May this year for Lufthansa Technik. These will range from
Zurich airport-Switzerland and Montréal- component support for parts required for the cockpit computers,
Trudeau in Canada. The ability to work the 19 A350s it has air conditioning systems and in-flight
at the new, lower on order. entertainment (IFE) systems. The parts
t emper atures The all new will be held at Hamburg and be available to
Finnair anywhere in the world in case of an
Aircraft on Ground (AOG) situation. Other
maintenance services offered will be,
‘troubleshooting and the elimination
of technical defects, software
management, and both the planned
TOP RIGHT: Lufthansa and unplanned replacement of
Technik’s Cyclean engine
wash system is already the auxiliary power unit (APU).’
operational at three Another important aspect of
airports. It can now be used the A350 XWB MRO that will be
even when the outside air handled by Lufthansa Technik
temperatures falls to as low
as -10 degrees Celsius is the overhaul of the new engine
type. The A350 is offered with only
RIGHT: Turbomeca is one engine option, the Rolls-Royce Trent
seeking to triple its XWB. The engine overhaul for A350 XWB
Distributors and Certified
Maintenance Centers (CMC), will be handled by the joint venture N3
to cross 100 CMCs by 2020 Engine Overhaul Services.
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