domestic airline operator in the Republic of South Africa listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

Comair Limited is a South African aviation and travel company, offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline services within South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, as its main business. The company operates under its low-fare airline brand, kulula.com, as well as under the British Airways livery, as part of a license agreement.

According the agreement, Comair Limited will receive extended Base maintenance services. “The first aircraft, a Kulula.com Boeing B737-800 is being completed a 6YR C Check”, – said Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics.

About FL Technics: FL Technics is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. Company specializes in base & line maintenance, spare parts & component support, APU & LG management, full aircraft engineering, technical training. FL Technics is an EASA Part-145, Part-M, Part-147, Part-21 certified company with certificate approvals in Indonesia, Bermuda and other countries. FL Technics is a member of the Avia Solutions Group family, a global aviation holding company.

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FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has recently signed the agreement with WOW Air (Iceland low-cost carrier) for base maintenance services.

This week, WOW Air came to FL Technics facilities for the base maintenance projects of the first two Airbus A321.

WOW Air is an Icelandic low-cost carrier focusing on transatlantic flights and based at Keflavík International Airport. WOW Air is a rapidly growing company, operating 15 Airbus A320s family and 3 Airbus A330s aircraft, having an average fleet age of around 3 years. The company also has 4 new Airbus airliners on order.

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has recently signed the agreement with Corendon Dutch Airlines for line and base maintenance services for all their fleet.

Corendon Dutch Airlines is the Dutch airline of the Corendon Travel Group which started operations under its own Air operator certificate in April 2011. It takes passengers to destinations in Europe and North Africa and has a fleet of 3 aircraft.

With the team of 1200 people working in hangars in Lithuania, Indonesia and within the network of over 40 stations worldwide, FL Technics has finished last year with net profit of over €5,6 Million. FL Technics is a global provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. Company specializes in base & line maintenance, spare parts & component support, engine, APU & LG management, full aircraft engineering, technical training.

“After careful evaluation, it is clear that diversification of the client portfolio, focus on the team & customer satisfaction, LEAN-based management (running an organization in the concept of continuous improvement) has lead FL Technics to a great year”, notes Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics. He compares recent financial results to 2015, when the major client at that time announced ceasing all operations and left FL Technics with €8 Million of unpaid bills. The company finished that year with the loss of over €11 Million.

Last year FL Technics launched the Bay system (dedicated teams are working on one aircraft) and have invested in mechanical training of the in base maintenance staff thus attracting 1st-tier European airlines as clients.

Currently Swiss air, Luxair, Eurowings, Germanwings, Pegasus, Corendon airlines are maintained in FL Technics hangars. According to Zilvinas, FL Technics had served the aircrafts from 27 airlines from 17 countries in two hangars in Lithuania.

Line maintenance business grew by opening 8 new line stations in Germany, Spain, Latvia, and UK. FL Technics together with its subsidiary UK-based Storm Aviation are serving clients for line maintenance in 15 countries in Europe, CIS, and Africa.

Last year the company has attracted 30 aircrafts for CAMO services, and it is further expanding with successful OASES Aviation Maintenance software implementation. DOE team closed the year with 85 aircraft modifications.

Technical training services success was gained by expanding the scope of training programs (reaching 170), opening 7 new training locations (57 locations in total), and increasing number of the on-line courses to 2500. In 2017, FL Technics issued almost 5.000 mechanical training certificates.

Speaking on the performance, Zilvinas Lapinskas said: “These solid results across our business were driven by the focus of our teams to the client operations and business processes. Our job is assuring the customers that their MRO provider takes quality very seriously”.

FL Technics, a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has announced signing the agreement with Bulgaria national carrier Bulgaria Air. According to the agreement, Bulgaria Air will receive extended services of base maintenance for the term of 3 years.

“The first aircraft Airbus A319 has already arrived at FL Technics”, – said said Zilvinas Lapinskas, CEO at FL Technics.

Bulgaria Air is the flag carrier airline of Bulgaria. It operates a fleet of 10 aircraft and carries more than 1.2 million passengers a year.

With an average fleet age of 8 years, most Chinese business aircraft operators are still covered by aircraft warranty. If, however, they find themselves in need of acquiring new parts, these tend to come from relatively young fleets. As these fleets are inevitably aging, in the near future the rotable aircraft parts market in China is expected to grow.

With multiple booming industries and the rapidly growing middle class, development of aviation industry in China is a national priority, so the Chinese government is allocating considerable resources towards further extending domestic aviation production capabilities, building new airports, training pilots and increasing local aviation MRO capacity. At the moment, China is the second largest domestic aviation market in the world with the fastest growing passenger traffic rate of 6.6 percent per year.

Aviation companies often opt for rotable aircraft parts vs. new components for several reasons. First of all, retables can be safely used a number of times, even after being subjected to major repairs. After all, new aircraft parts are pricey and very few aircraft operators are wealthy enough to afford or willing to engage in such unnecessary spending. According to industry experts, aircraft rotables cost up to 5-10 times less than new parts. Moreover, in many cases companies opt for extra time savings, as when it comes to rotables, a typical lead time is significantly shorter than the one required to locate, order and deliver their new counterparts. Therefore, in most scenarios, by ordering second-hand, aircraft operators commonly enjoy a less expensive, yet still warranty-covered and safe alternative.

“Naturally, all fleets are aging and the spare parts support warranties are expiring. Luckily, reputable providers offer parts that are serviced at approved repair facilities only, thus critical reliability is always ensured with Certificates of Conformance, regardless of the region. For instance, all rotables that our company offers in China also come with the CAAC release certificates included, so our customers can rest being assured that the savings they make come with no compromises on safety,” said Darius Saluga, CEO of Jet MS – a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul solutions for business and regional aviation.