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Air France and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) signs agreement

Air France and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) entered into an agreement to provide rotable provisioning (on lease and exchange) and MRO services on Boeing 787 nacelle Dreamliner components designed and manufactured by UTC Aerospace System’s Aerostructures business unit. The agreement negotiated with UTAS is expected to pave the way for AFI KLM E&M to implement MRO services for these products based on optimized processes, complex repairs and specific tooling. As a result, AFI KLM E&M is developing capabilities to handle shop or on-wing repairs to the component parts of the engine nacelles comprised of the thrust reversers, air intakes, fan cowls, exhausts, centre bodies of both Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 and General Electric GEnx engines. The agreement also includes access to a dedicated stock of spares that allows AFI KLM E&M to offer leasing or routine replacement services to its clients. This strategy, which started in 2012 with the long-term agreement for providing MRO services on Hamilton Sundstrand’s components for the Boeing 787, is consistent with the ambition to establish AFI KLM E&M as one of the leading MRO providers for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.