Lufthansa Technik: Total Component Support for Thomas Cook Group Airlines

Lufthansa Technik AG will provide a Total Component Support TCS® for
the Airbus A320 and A330 fleet of the four airlines of Thomas Cook
Group plc, one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups. The
contract started in February 2015 and will run over a period of six
years. It also comprises the technical support of 25 new Airbus A321
aircraft. The last aircraft will be taken over by the Thomas Cook
Group Airlines in 2016. The component contract covers services for
the four Thomas Cook subfleets, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium, Thomas
Cook Airlines United Kingdom, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and
Condor in Germany.

The TCS® comprises component repair and overhaul services as well as
material pooling, transportation services and home base support in
Brussels, Manchester, London Gatwick, Copenhagen and
Berlin-Schoenefeld. Lufthansa Technik will provide technical support
via its international network, whereas the component repair will take
place at the Lufthansa Technik´s sites in Hamburg and Frankfurt.

“The consolidation of all Airbus component services requirements into
one contract manifests a further crucial step in our Group Airlines
transformation process. We have found with Lufthansa Technik a very
capable business partner supporting us on this journey,” said Jaakko
Schildt, Head of Thomas Cook Group Maintenance Organization.

“Since 1998 we are already performing A320 TCS services for Condor.
We are delighted that this support now has been expanded to the whole
group and also to the A330 fleet”, said Wolfgang Weynell, Senior Vice
President Corporate Sales & Marketing at Lufthansa. “Especially we
are proud to welcome Thomas Cook Airlines UK as a new partner making
them our first TCS® customer in the mainland of the United Kingdom.”

Lufthansa Technik is already providing for the airlines and the Group
Airlines Maintenance Organisation (GMO) of the Thomas Cook Group
various services in the fields of engines, wheels & brakes and
airframe related components. The new contract will help Thomas Cook
Group Airlines to create synergies by a more integrated approach
within its maintenance, repair and overhaul activities.

Currently, Thomas Cook Group Airlines operate a mixed fleet of 90
aircraft, comprising Boeing 757 and 767, several types of the Airbus
A320 family and Airbus A330.