Prime Turbine expands GE Aviation H Series overhaul capability

Prime Turbines has agreed to provide full overhaul capability in support of GE Aviation H Series turboprops operating in the United States. Prime Turbines and GE will also develop a new H Series test cell at Carter Field to support the enhanced service agreement. The agreement expands on a 2014 announcement where Dallas-based Prime Turbines became a Designated Repair Center for GE’s M601 and H Series turboprop engine operators in the Americas. Under the 2014 agreement, Prime Turbines offers heavy repair services, engines rentals, line replacement unit rotable pools and field service support to all existing and future M601 and H80 engines. GE Aviation provides OEM parts to meet Prime Turbine’s needs. As part of the new agreement, Prime will buy its first H80 lease pool engine and will develop full H Series overhaul capability beginning in 2017. In the first quarter of 2016, Prime Turbines and GE Aviation will begin developing a new test cell to support engine overhauls at Carter Field.