Under the Total Component Support TCS® contract, which has already taken effect, the Hamburg-based company will manage supply of components for Air Berlin Group’s Boeing 737’s, its Airbus A320 and A330 family aircraft and its Bombardier Q400’s.

Air Berlin will receive on-site service at its Berlin and Düsseldorf hubs from a team of locally deployed experts. The airline will also have access to Lufthansa Technik’s central material warehouses in Hamburg and Frankfurt and the wide range of repair services provided by the two sites. A global express service is offered for about 2,000 different types of electronic, hydraulic, or pneumatic components in the event of “Aircraft on Ground”
(AOG).

A large part of Air Berlin’s spare parts inventory has been transferred to Lufthansa Technik. To keep flight operations running smoothly, stocks of the most frequently required components are also being held in Air Berlin’s own decentralized storage facilities. A logistics concept tailored to Air Berlin Group’s specific needs has also been developed.

Commenting on the contract, Wolfgang Kurth, Chief Maintenance Officer at Air Berlin, said:

- With the conclusion of this contract, the Air Berlin Group has succeeded in finding an extremely reliable partner that offers a product tailored to the needs of our fleet. The Air Berlin Group will now be able to optimize its repair costs by taking advantage of the benefits of scale offered by Lufthansa Technik. As well as permanently cutting our working capital requirements, the arrangement will also significantly reduce the inventory of spare parts that we have to maintain in the future.”



August Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG, said:

- This comprehensive contract with Air Berlin Group underscores our successful strategy of offering flexible products tailored to the individual needs of our partners, the airlines. Our Total Component Support package has been successfully established on the world market for many years, so Air Berlin Group can depend on reliable technical services of
the highest quality for its large fleet.”

Today worldwide over 700 customers trust in Lufthansa Technik’s services.

Sist oppdatert: 19.11.09 00:38