MTU Maintenance to provide further support for JetBlue Airways' IAE V2533 engines

MTU Maintenance Hannover continues to provide support to U.S. carrier JetBlue Airways. The airline has been sending its IAE V2527 engines to the Hannover shop on an exclusive basis since 2005.  The carrier now has further entrusted MTU Maintenance with the maintenance, repair and overhaul which now covers all of its V2533s, the most powerful V2500 version on the A321. The amended contract will run until 2020 and includes a five-year renewal option. JetBlue has opted to convert an existing A320 order for 30 aircraft into A321s. U.S. low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways, headquartered in New York, currently operates a mixed fleet of 172 Airbus A320 and Embraer aircraft and has another 126 planes, mainly A320s and A321s, on order.