Skymark Airlines newest airline to join Boeing 737 Component Services Program

Skymark Airlines is the newest airline to join the Boeing 737 Component Services Program (CSP), a move that will help the airline reduce its spare parts costs, an important advantage in the low-cost carrier marketplace. In addition to reducing costs, the program will help Skymark enhance efficiency and improve spare parts availability. The program can help airlines save as much as 30% on inventory, repair and administrative costs. This cost-reducing materials management and supply-chain solution is a joint operation of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services and Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance. Under the new agreement, Boeing and AFI KLM E&M will manage spare parts and components inventory for the Tokyo-based airline, assuring timely delivery, while Skymark avoids warehousing and long-term inventory holding costs. Since it began operation in 1998, Skymark Airlines has grown to operate a fleet of 19 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s and will be taking additional airplanes on lease during the coming months.