Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico starts operations

On July 21st, Lufthansa Technik’s new facility in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico has started operations with its first overhaul line on time. Just 11 months after ground-breaking in August 2014 the first Airbus A320 from US-carrier Spirit Airlines arrived for a C-Check. Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico (LTPR) is FAA Part 145 and EASA Part 145 approved. Initial customers are Airbus A320 family aircraft operators, Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways, from the Americas. A second overhaul line is planned to be operational in November, followed by three more lines until early 2017 to include Boeing 737 by then. Currently, about 140 highly qualified employees have been trained and are working for LTPR. It is planned to grow up to a workforce of 400 in the next 2 years. The facility extends over a total area of 215,000 ft². In its final configuration it will offer five lines for base and heavy maintenance checks (C-, IL- and D-checks), along with other maintenance work on narrow body aircraft. By using state-of-the-art technologies it is even possible to paint aircraft in the hangar while overhaul work is being conducted in parallel.