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INTERVIEW: MTU MAINTENANCE
REVVING Q&A

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Leo Koppers, Senior Vice
President MRO Programmes,
MTU Maintenance

MTU Maintenance has seen
strong growth in 2018, beating
revenue estimates provided by
the company at the beginning of
the year and aims to grow at 10
percent in the 2020s. The com-
pany’s aftermarket network for
Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM
programme also matches in 18
percent stake in the programme OEM programme partnerships and facility currently employs over 850

and it remains the sole provider joint ventures with airlines with an qualified professionals who service

of the high-speed low-pressure independent MRO stronghold and the V2500-A5, CFM56-3, -5B and
turbine for GTF engines. One of the largest engine portfolio world- -7 engine models. The facility is

the company’s crown jewels is wide, we intend to grow at a rate of the number one engine MRO and

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, which 10 percent, higher than the market, largest engine shop in China. And
services V2500-A5, CFM56- well into the next decade. we are the number one in the Asian
3, -5B and -7 engine models region for narrowbody engine shop
and the Asian leader for nar- What are the MRO oppor- visits.
rowbody engine shop visits. By tunities that MTU views

MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, will for the CFM 56 and IAE MTU Maintenance Zhuhai is in the

have expanded its facility to V2500 engine family – process of planning its next facility

cater for 450 engines annu- worldwide and Asia in expansion, which should take the
ally, says Leo Koppers, Senior particular? facility from a capacity of around
Vice President MRO Programmes, 300 engines per year to 450 per
MTU Maintenance, while adding MTU Maintenance is the global year in 2021. We currently see
that currently the facility sees a market leader in customized solu- around a 50/50 split between the
50/50 split between MRO work tions for aero engines. We are V2500 and CFM56 engine families
for V2500 and CFM56 engine number one service provider in and expect this to remain constant.
families. the world for V2500 engines and In Spring 2017, the shop completed
had a 34 percent market share in its 1,000th V2500 shop visit and in
Edited excerpts from the interview. terms of shop visits in 2017. MTU late 2016, it celebrated its 1,000th
Maintenance is also the number CFM56 shop visit. Shop visits are
Please provide the latest one independent provider for steadily increasing, in particular on
updates related to MTU CFM56 engines, with a nine percent newer variants of the engine fam-
Maintenance and year so market share in 2017. We currently ilies, such as the CFM56-5B and
far? serve both the V2500 and the -7 as well as the V2500-A5, as the
CFM56 family from three locations global fleet’s shop visit peaks are
We’re having a great year so far. – Hannover, Zhuhai and Vancouver. still ahead of us. In fact, we are
In MTU Aero Engines’ commercial This helps us to best serve our cus- about to crack the 2,500 shop visit
maintenance business, revenues tomers by providing more flexible milestone, as the 2,500th engine is
expressed in U.S. dollars are fore- and timely induction of their shop currently going through the shop.
cast to increase by the mid-teens in visits. Within MTU Maintenance’s We will build on this success moving
2018. The outlook is also positive. global network, MTU Maintenance forward, and continue offering our
With an intelligent, multipronged Zhuhai is home to many of our customers the excellence and effi-
aftermarket strategy that combines narrowbody engine experts. The ciency they rely on.

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