The Airbus maintenance-by-the-hour contracts will cover the integrated component services of on-site stock, pool access, and repair services for Cathay Pacific Airways and HK Express.
Airbus has signed Flight Hour Services (FHS) contracts with Cathay Pacific Airways and HK Express. According to the agreement, Airbus will provide FHS support for the airlines’ A320 Family fleets. The newly signed contract extends the already existing service relationship with Cathay Pacific and commences a new business relationship with HK Express as a new FHS customer. Airbus is a designer, manufacturer and seller of civil and military aircraft and aerospace products around the globe.
“Our A350 fleet has been supported by FHS since 2016 and we are pleased to be expanding this service to cover our A320 fleet,” said Neil Glenn, Director Engineering, Cathay Pacific Airways.
The new multi-year, maintenance-by-the-hour contracts will cover the integrated component services which include on-site stock, pool access, and repair services. The airlines will also benefit from Airbus’s engineering expertise and FHS local representatives in Hong Kong.
Mandy Ng, CEO, HK Express said, “We believe this agreement with Airbus to provide component management services on our A320 fleet will help ensure we achieve our operational and reliability targets, allowing us to provide a best-in-class service to our customers.”
Airbus has in total finalized 11 FHS contracts with operators worldwide in 2022. The latest contract agreements demonstrate the continued growth of interest in Airbus’s integrated maintenance service, proving competent in post-crisis times when airlines need to carefully monitor their costs and contain investments.
“Airbus’s FHS will support the operational ramp-up at Cathay Pacific and HK Express,” said Bruno Bousquet, Head of Customer Services Asia-Pacific, Airbus. “These new contracts will enable us to work even closer with both carriers to offer them the best services to cope with the new market reality, he further added.
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A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader. Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft and helicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than sixfold order book increase since 2000.
