AJW Sign Escalating 10 year Power-By-The-Hour Agreement with China’s West Air

May 28, 2015

London, May 28th 2015: AJW China is proud to announce the signing of a prestigious PBH agreement with West Air, part of the Hainan Group.  The agreement supports engine LRUs for West Air’s fleet of V2500 powered A320s.  Over its 10 year duration, the escalating agreement will support West Air’s growing fleet of A320s, which is projected to increase from the current 17 aircraft to 64 by 2020.

“West Air is one of China’s leading and fastest growing low-cost carriers,” comments Nick Ward, Director of Sales for AJW China.  “They are a dynamic and extremely forward looking Company, making our businesses a good fit for positive working relations and extended co-operation.  We look forward to working with the West Air team and developing our relationship through the delivery of our world-class services and exemplary customer care.”                                                                                       

Mr Zeon Wang, Deputy General Manager – Maintenance Engineering Department, at West Air adds, “Our selection process for new business partners is comprehensive and rigorous, and AJW showed that they are ‘our type of business’ at every stage.  With an aggressive growth plan in place, it is essential that we work with reliable, proven and experienced organisations that will support this strategy – but flexibility and value for money are also critical factors.  AJW have demonstrated that they are the leaders in their field and can deliver in all these areas.  This is an important step forward for both of our Companies and we look forward to further co-operation in the future.”

The agreement was signed in Chongqing by Mr Zhu Tao, Chairman and CEO of West Air and David Brown, Deputy Chairman AJW Group.  The multi-million dollar signing is the first in a series of agreements between AJW and Hainan Group, West Air’s parent Company, and significantly increases AJW’s presence in China.