Jet2 signs engine maintenance deal
22.06.07
Pratt & Whitney announced that Leeds Bradford Airport based low-cost airline Jet2 is the second customer for its Global Materials Solutions CFM56-3 aftermarket parts program. It follows United Airlines as a confirmed customer on the program, with the company adding that a third unidentified customer from China also has also been signed up.
Jet2 has awarded Pratt a 15-year fleet management program covering its 21 737-300s that ultimately will include all of the 48 parts Pratt is developing for the CFM56. Pratt valued the agreement at more than US$275 million. Engines will be maintained at Pratt's Norway facility.
The airline's CEO, Philip Meeson, said: 'We have competition on our routes. Why shouldn't we have competition on engines?'
Jet2 expects to carry around 4 million passengers this year. It serves 39 European airports from six in the north of England.
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