Pratt & Whitney and Lufthansa Technik sign strategic agreement

Lufthansa Technik has signed a strategic network agreement to become a key member of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine MRO network offering the full scope of MRO services on PW1100G-JM and PW1500G engines. The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine network currently includes Pratt & Whitney and its GTF engine collaborators, MTU Aero Engines and Japanese Aero Engines Corporation. Together with Lufthansa Technik, these companies will deliver the highest level of maintenance support and value to customers with facilities strategically located worldwide. “The PW1000G family will be one of the main engine types in commercial aviation for the next decades. Lufthansa Technik will serve the full scope of MRO services and will bring long-lasting and leading expertise in engine overhaul, engine parts repair, and engineering support to this co-operation,” said Dr. Johannes Bussmann, chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik.
Furthermore the two companies announced that Lufthansa Technik will become Pratt & Whitney’s principal provider of mobile engine maintenance services for V2500, PW1100G-JM, PW1500G and PW1900G engines. This new cooperation will provide Pratt & Whitney customers with more efficient and cost-effective engine maintenance.