MTU Maintenance Wins Sky Airline from Chile for CFM56-5B Maintenance

Jan. 26, 2015
It will also provide the airline with spare engines via its recently founded engine lease company MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V. as well as on-site repairs and MTUPlus Engine Trend Monitoring.

Zhuhai (China), 26 January 2015 – The Chilean low-cost carrier Sky Airline has awarded MTU Maintenance an exclusive total engine care maintenance contract covering their fleet of CFM56-5B engines. The contract has a duration of eight years. Apart from core maintenance, MTU Maintenance will provide the airline with spare engines via its recently founded engine lease company MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V. as well as on-site repairs and MTUPlus Engine Trend Monitoring. Sky Airline is therefore benefitting from MTU’s all-encompassing Total Engine Care (TEC®) program. The engines will be overhauled at MTU Maintenance’s Asian location in Zhuhai, China.

MTU Maintenance has been a reliable partner regarding the maintenance of Sky Airline’s V2500 engines since 2010 and is pleased to provide the airline with its longstanding experience and technical expertise for its CFM56-5B engines as well. As part of its fleet modernization, Sky Airline currently operates 26 CFM56-5B engines which power its A319 aircraft. The fleet upgrade is accompanied by an expansion of Sky Airline’s destinations throughout South America over the coming years.

Sky Airline is Chile’s second-largest airline and the country’s largest low-cost carrier. The airline was founded in 2001 and operates a fleet of 16 Airbus A319 and A320. Sky Airline serves 14 destinations within Chile as well as additional locations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.

Founded in 2002, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai is a 50:50 joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and China’s largest airline group China Southern Air Holding Company. Today, the company is the country’s market leader and among Asia’s top engine maintenance providers. The company is a center of excellence for the repair of V2500 and CFM56 engines. Recently, MTU Maintenance Zhuhai celebrated a milestone with the completion of its 1,500th shop visit.

About MTU Aero Engines

MTU Aero Engines is Germany's leading engine manufacturer and is an established global player in the industry since 80 years. It engages in the development, manufacture, marketing and support of commercial and military aircraft engines components and industrial gas turbines. The company is a technological leader in low-pressure turbines, high-pressure compressors and manufacturing processes. Figuring significantly among MTU's core competencies are the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of commercial engines and the service support it provides for industrial gas turbines. These activities are combined under the roof of MTU Maintenance, which is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial engine MRO services. MTU operates affiliates around the globe; Munich is home to its corporate headquarters. In fiscal 2013, the company had a workforce of some 8,700 employees and posted consolidated sales of some 3.7 billion euros.