AAR, a global leader in aviation aftermarket services, has engaged in a landing gear contract with Interglobe Aviation Limited (“IndiGo”), India’s largest airline. Based on the contract, AAR will provide support for landing gear overhaul services. The contract includes up to 49 full ship sets of A320 landing gear, as well as assemblies and subassemblies, for the next five years.
The agreement expands AAR Landing Gear Services’ presence in the Asia-Pacific region. IndiGo presently operates 129 aircraft, which fly to 42 domestic and five international airports.
AAR Landing Gear Services provide broad and cost-effective landing gear, wheels and brakes solutions to more than 40 commercial and military aircraft types, narrow-body and wide-body, at its Miami facility. Ranging from complete overhauls to minor repairs, component machining, plating and painting is provided there. AAR maintains a full inventory of OEM parts, wheels, brakes and accessories. AAR also offers on-wing service and deploys Tiger Teams to handle on-site situations around the world.
“We are honored to win the trust of IndiGo team to perform the important landing gear overhauls and exchanges,” said Rahul Shah, AAR senior vice president, Strategic Growth and Business Development, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. “Our quick turnaround times are one of the reasons we’ve landed several maintenance and repair contracts with low-fare and regional carriers in the past few months.”
“Our landing gear team takes pride in our global agility,” said Scott Ingold, vice president and general manager, AAR Landing Gear Services. “We are eager to extend our value proposition to a key player in one of the most important aviation markets in the world today.”
IndiGo’s chief aircraft acquisition & financing officer, Riyaz Peermohamed, said: “IndiGo prides itself on its on-time performance and technical dispatch reliability. AAR’s global presence and quick turn-around times will help IndiGo to continue to maintain its global standards and customer expectations.”
