Lufthansa Technik AG and Spanair have further intensified their long lasting cooperation. The existing Total Technical Support TTS®-agreement for the Spanish airline's Airbus A320-series fleet, running since 1999, was recently extended to another ten years and further adapted to meet future requirements of Spanair.
Within the scope of the Total Technical Support TTS®, Lufthansa Technik will provide Spanair with a broad range of services. The work scope for example encompasses the support with aircraft components including home base allocation, repair, overhaul and documentation as well as comprehensive services for engines of the V2500-series, from maintenance, repairs and overhauls to engineering and logistics services as well as spare engines support.
"The cooperation with Lufthansa Technik has proven to be very successful in the past," says Luke Farajallah, Chief Operating Officer of Spanair. "We are hence very happy to continue this strong partnership and delighted that we can further rely on the support of Lufthansa Technik, whose extension I see as an important step towards the future of Spanair."
"Spanair is one of the most loyal customers of our Total Technical Support TTS®-product in Europe," says Wolfgang Weynell, Vice President Marketing & Sales of Lufthansa Technik. "We are happy that we could adjust our services to the requirements of our valued customer even more intensive and hence further extend this successful Spanish-German cooperation for many years to come."
In addition to the recently extended Total Technical Support TTS®-agreement, Lufthansa Technik has in the past carried out a broad number of services for Spanair, for example support services on numerous maintenance stations and, in case of an "Aircraft on Ground" (AOG), fastest possible quick-response services carried out by Lufthansa Technik's Airline Support Teams (AST®).
Spanair:
The Spanish airline Spanair S.A. was founded in December 1986 and began operations with international charter flights at the end of March 1988, carrying tourists to Spain from more than 100 European airports. Since then more than 104 million passengers have flown with the airline which since April 1st, 2003 is a member of the Star Alliance network. On 31st January 2009 Iniciatives Empresarials Aeronàutiques (IEASA) acquired a majority stake of 80.1 percent in Spanair, with the remaining 19.9 percent belonging to the SAS Group as a minority shareholder and industrial partner.
Lufthansa Technik:
The Lufthansa Technik Group, with more than 30 subsidiaries and about 26,000 employees worldwide, is one of the leading manufacturer-independent providers of services for the aviation industry. In 2008, the Group's overall revenues stood at 3.7 billion euros. Lufthansa Technik is licensed internationally as a repair, production and development enterprise. The Group's portfolio encompasses the entire spectrum of services in the areas of maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification and conversion, engines and components.
