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older than the median age of the US labor that has SMBC Aviation Capital, the world’s
force. With a record number of maintenance third-largest aircraft lessor, as its affiliate.
technicians becoming eligible for retirement, While MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V.,
MRO providers in the country will be dealing in which MTU Maintenance has an 80-percent
with an increasingly difficult problem over stake, provides clients with short- and
the next 10 years, the study warned. medium-term lease solutions and services,
the second company - Sumisho Aero Engine
Catering to Lessors Lease B.V., takes care of long-term lease
With a sizable number of carriers in the arrangements and financing solutions.
region operating with leased aircraft, MRO Beyond Fleet Services, a joint initiative
companies in Europe have been eager of SR Technics and leading lessor Aerfin,
to keep lessors happy. Most of the MRO is a total engine solutions programme that
giants - SR Technics, Rolls-Royce. AFI KLM was announced after the two partners
E&M and MTU Maintenance - are on that successfully delivered the first CFM56-5C4
growing list. LessorCare, a Rolls-Royce engine to Philippine Airlines. The program
offering, is designed to suit the needs of will support the engine requirements of the
lessors. A joint initiative of Rolls-Royce Philippine carrier’s fleet of A340-300s.”The
and AerCap, the program provides services leasing companies are almost 50 percent of
for all Rolls-Royce Trent engine types, the world’s fleet,” says Vandedrinck. “At SR
including customer support, transitions Technics, we make sure that we address the
services and asset management. needs of the leasing companies. That is a nice
As part of their efforts to woo market with specific needs, a constant market PROGNOS Engine Health
lessors, MTU Maintenance has set up two that does not change. Our ability to do it all Monitoring (EHM) from AFI KLM
E&M provides dynamic monitoring
Amsterdam-based joint ventures with Japan- gives us a major advantage over many other and is able to predict failures using
based Sumitomo Corporation, a company MRO companies.” an early warning system
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