The maintenance will be performed by Aerotechnics Industries, a specialized joint venture operating within Air France- KLM Engineering & Maintenance’s global MRO network.
Volotea, the air carrier interfacing mid- sized European cities, will send its A320 airplane to Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance for a complete airframe administration, principally to be done throughout the winter seasons. This first agreement will be in force for five and a half years’ time from January 2023.
The agreement incorporates two full nose to tail maintenance lines for winter support season. AFI KLM E&M is chosen to perform 120 C-Checks after a comprehensive bidding process that exhibited the importance and excellent of its airframe maintenance services. Contingent upon operational conditions, C-checks, typically performed every 2 years, comprise of the inspection, overhaul, maintenance and replacement of aircraft parts, also include preventive maintenance.
Carlos Muñoz, Volotea founder and CEO, said, “This long-term agreement provides us with first-class maintenance services for our A320 fleet. Working with a leading and reputable MRO like AFI KLM E&M will provide us with the highest level of inspection services. Furthermore, this agreement represents an essential quality guarantee for Volotea, an airline whose top priority is safety.”
The administrations will be completed by top notch guidelines in the hangers of Aerotechnics Industries (ATI). ATI gains by the special mastery gathered by its parent companies over thirty years in the operation and maintenance of the A320 family.
“We are very pleased to welcome Volotea among our customers and proud of the additional recognition this brings to the quality of our aircraft maintenance services. With the proximity and flexibility provided by our global MRO network, our dual Airline-MRO expertise and our in-depth A320 product experience, we will ensure that Volotea’s fleet is maintained at the highest possible level of operational excellence” said Anne Brachet, EVP, Air France-KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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Volotea is currently based in 18 medium-sized European capitals: Asturias, Athens, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Cagliari, Hamburg, Lille (opening in April 2022), Lyon (opening in 2021), Lourdes (opening in July 2022), Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Venice, and Verona. Volotea serves in excess of 100 cities in 16 nations; the airline will operate a fleet of 41 airplanes in 2022, up from 36 in summer 2019.
