SAS Selects V-Services for 50 V2500 engines

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has signed a 5-year V-Services Fixed Price Repair Agreement to manage 50 V2500 engines. The agreement will cover installed engines on SAS’s fleet of 25 Airbus aircraft. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines AG, a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH, Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines. In 2003, the average time on-wing for a V2500 engine was around 12,000 hours. As airlines have entered into an increasing number of long-term maintenance agreements, such as this one with SAS, average time on-wing has grown to 18,000 hours – or approximately six years.