AMES and DHL sign 3-year heavy maintenance agreement for 767 C checks

Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services (AMES) signed an agreement with DHL to provide heavy maintenance services for at least twenty-eight (28) C checks over three years on DHL-owned and leased Boeing 767-200F aircraft currently operating in the U.S. network. The agreement, which runs from April 2013 through March 2016, covers 767 freighters operated for DHL by ABX Air, another subsidiary of AMES’ parent company, Air Transport Services Group. AMES has provided scheduled maintenance for these aircraft under a different arrangement since May 2009.