MTU Maintenance wins AeroLogic for the maintenance of GE90-110B engines

July 16, 2012 flight2000it

MTU Maintenance Hannover is proud to announce that it has won another customer, the German express cargo operator AeroLogic, for the maintenance of the GE90. Dr. Stefan Weingartner, President and CEO Commercial Maintenance at MTU Aero Engines, said: “The GE90 is the world’s largest engine, and we are proud to have added the first German carrier to our MRO customer base.”

Under the exclusive contract, the company will be responsible for maintenance services of all GE90-110B engines powering AeroLogic’s Boeing 777F fleet including their owned spare engines. The long-term contract has a value of more than 200 million US dollars.

Headquartered at Leipzig Halle Airport, Germany, AeroLogic GmbH is a joint venture owned by DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo AG, each with 50 percent shares. The company was founded in September 2007 and emerged from the joint venture started between the two part-ners in 2004. AeroLogic currently has around 245 employees, including more than 170 pilots. The AeroLogic fleet is composed of eight Boeing 777Fs. The freight capacity of AeroLogic is used by DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo. The two shareholding companies are also re-sponsible for all sales and warehousing activities. The route network of AeroLogic comprises of more than 20 destinations in Europe, Middle-East, Asia and North America. “With this long-term cooperation with MTU, we are confident to keep and improve our high safety and quality standards at very competitive costs,” said Ulf Weber, Managing Director of Aero-Logic.

Source: MTU