N3 Engine Overhaul Services (N3), the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce for the overhaul and repair of aircraft engines, is now authorised to maintain Boeing 787 Dreamliner engines. The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) granted N3 the approval to work as a maintenance organisation (Part 145) for large engines such as the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN.
This operating license allows N3 to expand its product portfolio with a fifth engine type. This will help satisfy the growing demand for maintenance services for Rolls-Royce Trent engines and also provides the basis for further expansion projects at the site, located on the outskirts of the Thuringian municipality of Arnstadt, Germany. Going forward, service capacity is to be increased from the current 160 engines per year to at least 250 engines per year in the coming years.
N3 Managing Director Carsten Behrens (CEO of N3 since April, representing Rolls-Royce) commented: “With the operating license for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine, we are securing our future by expanding and increasing our capacities. As a result, we will be able to react with greater flexibility to future maintenance and repair demand concerning Rolls-Royce Trent engines and, thanks to our efficiency and reliability, we will continue to establish ourselves in the overhaul network of our parent companies.”
The new engine type in the N3 portfolio also marks the entry into the Boeing world for the company. Until now, N3 has only looked after Trent models used on Airbus aircraft.
