StandardAero Signs Exclusive Five Year Contract to Provide PW126 Engine MRO Services for West Atlantic Cargo Airlines Fleet

TEMPE, Ariz. – January 19, 2015 – StandardAero signed an exclusive five year contract, with a five year renewal option on January 1, 2015, to maintain, repair and overhaul West Altantic Cargo Airline’s PW126 engines, modules, components and parts. The agreement will cover West Atlantic’s owned fleet of 41 BAE ATP aircraft powered by PW126 engines serving the cargo mail and express industries.

Services will be provided predominantly at StandardAero’s Tilburg, Netherlands European Service Center (ESC). Additional services will also be available at StandardAero’s Winnipeg, Canada facility as well as on site at West Atlantic’s Malmo, Sweden and Coventry, United Kingdom locations. The agreement also includes field service provided by StandardAero technicians. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, West Atlantic is one of Europe’s largest cargo airlines and the most experienced provider of unique, integrated ground to air logistics for the mail industry.

“This contract strengthens our European footprint and reflects the long-term, continuous and mutual effort by StandardAero and West Atlantic to research and implement new methods to optimize the utilization of its PW126 engines while combing spare part and repair strategies to reduce costs,” said Alain Berube, Vice President and General Manager of Turboprops for StandardAero Airlines & Fleets.

“In our business, response time of the MRO supplier and meeting our demands of high reliability are of the utmost importance. StandardAero does meet those demands and we appreciate their understanding of customer needs and their constant focus on high quality and costs,” said Robert Drews, Technical Director of West Atlantic AB.

The contract is one of several recent developments that confirm the ongoing importance of StandardAero’s ESC for in-region PW100 engine support. In April of 2014, StandardAero announced a new agreement to service West Atlantic’s CF34 engines powering the airline’s CRJ-200 aircraft. In October of 2014, StandardAero announced it was granted “Known Consignor” status by the European Union, allowing the company expedite customers’ air freight for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul shipments around the world using the Tilburg ESC as an entry point. In November of 2014, StandardAero was selected to provide PW125B engine maintenance and field services support for Antwerp, Belgium-based VLM Airlines fleet of 12 Fokker 50 model aircraft.