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FL TECHNICS INDONESIA CERTIFIED
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK FOR AIRBUS A320NEO MRO
PHILIPPINES OPENS FL Technics Indonesia, a subsidi- to expand investments in equip-
NEW HANGAR ary of Lithuanian MRO provider ment, training, and certification to
FL Technics, has been certified support our customers who have
Lufthansa Technik Philippines has by the Indonesian Directorate maintenance, repair, and overhaul
opened a new 9,000 square meter General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for needs for the A320neo fleet such as
hangar in Pasay Bay near Manila. Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul TransNusa, Bamboo Airways, and
The ground-breaking ceremony for services of the Airbus A320neo. The VietJet.” He further added that over
the US$40 million base maintenance certification will enable the com- the years, FL Technics Indonesia
facility was held in November 2019. pany to provide heavy maintenance has performed maintenance on the
The facility was originally scheduled services such as C-Check, 6 and previous generation Airbus A320
to be completed in September 2020 12-year checks to both CFM LEAP Family, plus the Boeing 737 Classic
but was delayed because of the 1-A and Pratt & Whitney PW110G & New Generation. Earlier this year,
pandemic. The new location will powered Airbus A320neo aircraft FL Technics Indonesia launched
service Airbus A320, A330, A380 in its base of operation at Jakarta’s its aircraft line maintenance oper-
and Boeing 777 aircraft. The new Soekarno-Hatta International ation at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai
hangar adds three lines to the Airport. “FL Technics Indonesia International Airport. The com-
existing seven maintenance lines. strives to continuously improve the pany also has expressed its plan
“This is a very special milestone provision of better and more com- to expand its MRO capabilities in
for Lufthansa Technik Philippines plete aircraft maintenance, repair, Bali in the near future. As part of
Cyprus-based Avia Solutions Group,
and overhaul facilities to cus-
in the 22nd year of our existence,” tomers from airlines and leasing FL Technics oversees MRO facilities
said Elmar Lutter, President and companies,” said Martynas Grigas, and/or has representative offices in
Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa President Director of FL Technics Lithuania, the United Kingdom,
Technik Philippines.
Indonesia.“With the addition of Canada, Indonesia, Thailand, and
“It marks a transition from some this new capability, we will seek China.
of the most difficult times we have
experienced as a company due to INDIA’S JET AIRWAYS been waiting for. Not just superfi-
the pandemic to the current phase PREPARES TO RESTART cial or cosmetic change, but real,
of noticeable recovery. This is con- OPERATIONS meaningful change. The change
crete, tangible evidence that we see that will prove to have been worth
clearer skies ahead of us.” The new India’s new Jet Airways has begun waiting for.” The airline recently
facility will increase the overhaul training for its first batch of cabin got Air Operator Certificate (AOC)
capacities by up to 20 per cent and crew at its Gurugram centre. The from the Directorate General of
provide work for at least an addi- carrier, which had suspended Civil Aviation (DGCA) after a series
tional 275 employees. “The opening commercial operations in April of successful flights. The plan is to
of the new hangar is Lufthansa 2019 due to a financial crunch is resume operations with 20 aircraft
Technik Philippines’ response to likely to resume operation soon. and initially fly only on domestic
the increasing demand for aircraft More than half of the crew are Jet routes.
maintenance, as travel continues Airways’ former crew members.
to increase and a majority of the “Step by step. What we are build-
worldwide fleets are now back in ing is #NotJustAnotherAirline,”
operation,” said Rainer Janke, Vice said Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv
President for Marketing & Sales at Kapoor said in a tweet. “We will
Lufthansa Technik Philippines. be the change that the flyers have
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