SAS and Lufthansa Technik expand cooperation by more than 150 C-checks

The well-known northern European carrier Scandinavian Airlines System
(SAS) and Lufthansa Technik AG, headquartered in Hamburg, are
expanding their long-standing close partnership even further. Under a
new agreement that takes effect immediately and runs through the end
of 2018, Lufthansa Technik will take on more than 150 C-checks for
the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320 family aircraft.
As a consequence, more than 100 aircraft will be newly added to
Lufthansa Technik’s international overhaul network, in which C-checks
for SAS’ fleet of Airbus A330/340 aircraft are already carried out by
Lufthansa Technik Malta. Checks of the Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320
aircraft will be performed primarily by Shannon Aerospace, Lufthansa
Technik Group’s Irish overhaul operation, and by Lufthansa Technik
Sofia.

SAS and Lufthansa Technik already work together successfully in many
areas: for example, Lufthansa Technik supports all the components
needed for the entire Scandinavian Airlines fleet, for which purpose
the two partners have closely linked their IT. As part of this new
agreement, know-how from the workshops and from aircraft overhaul
engineering will be contributed to the partnership in order to
optimize maintenance layovers, workflows and logistics even more.

Knut Dissen, Vice President and NPH SAS Technical Operations: “SAS is
pleased to expand the already close partnership with Lufthansa
Technik to include the Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320 short haul fleet,
the core fleet of our operation, and is looking forward to working
closely with Lufthansa Technik over the coming period to make this an
highly efficient and cost effective operation for both parties.”

August Wilhelm Henningsen, CEO of Lufthansa Technik, said: “SAS and
Lufthansa Technik have already achieved substantial success in the
area of efficient component supply in their existing partnership.
We’re very proud of that, and now we have a common foundation for
tapping further potential.”