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A successful year for MTU Maintenance
Typical shop visits, component repairs, or services directly under the wing: MTU Maintenance is consistently expanding its global network of expertise and specialized sites. This year was full of milestones to celebrate.
12.2023 | author: Isabel Henrich | 3 mins reading time
author:
Isabel Henrich
studied political science and communications. At MTU, she coordinates the editorial process of AEROREPORT and is responsible for the conception and development of its content.
In commercial MRO, MTU Maintenance is the world’s leading provider of customized services for commercial aircraft engines. Its impressive credentials include more than 40 years of experience and over 22,000 shop visits. Other strengths include its global MRO network and the world’s biggest portfolio of over 30 engine types for all common aircraft types, from business jets to widebody aircraft. Its tailored services cover the entire engine lifecycle. MTU Maintenance is consistently expanding its global network, and there were many milestones to celebrate this year:
Completed maintenance on its 4,000th engine
MTU Maintenance Zhuhai completed maintenance on its 4,000th engine. A LEAP-1A engine was successfully serviced and delivered to Peach Aviation Ltd., an All Nippon Airways subsidiary. The site serves more than 90 customers worldwide, maintaining engine types such as the CFM56, LEAP, PW1100G-JM, and V2500. A second site in Zhuhai is scheduled to open in 2025. In addition, an engine test stand with 65,000 pounds of thrust was inaugurated in the summer and a training center opened in September—the site thus celebrated three milestones this year.
1,500th shop visit of the CF34 family
This year, MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg celebrated the 1,500th shop visit of the CF34 family. The extension of the GE Branded Service Agreement to 2037 ensures that the company will continue to play an important role in the CF34 arena.
10,000th shop visit
MTU Maintenance Hannover celebrated its 10,000th shop visit this year. It reached this milestone with a GE90-110/115B engine, which was delivered to DHL Network Operations Ltd. This engine powers the Boeing 777 and is one of the world’s most powerful engines. The Hannover site is the heart of MTU Maintenance and the most experienced site in the network.
10 years of Maintenance Lease Services
It’s been ten years since MTU Maintenance ventured into the leasing and asset management business. In 2013, MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V. started as a joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and Sumitomo Corp. with just three employees and a handful of engines. Since 2021, the company has been a full MTU subsidiary and now has a leasing pool of more than 100 engines as well as offices in Dublin and Singapore. MTU Maintenance Lease Services supports owners, lessors, and operators throughout an engine’s entire lifecycle.
20 years of ASSB
Airfoil Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB for short), the joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and Lufthansa Technik, turns 20 this year. The company is MTU’s center of excellence for engine profile repairs in Malaysia. Since 2003, ASSB has maintained some 7,000,000 components for various engines, including the CFM56 family, the V2500, the CF6, and the GP7000. Recently, the company added Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM to its portfolio and is expanding its capacity to meet the requirements of future engine generations.
25 years of MTU Maintenance Canada
MTU Maintenance Canada turns 25 this year. Since day one, the site has successfully met the challenges of the industrialization of the V2500 and CF6-80 engine programs and is MTU’s military maintenance expert. Today, it looks after the F138 and F108 engine fleet. What’s more, it is MTU’s center of competence for line replaceable units (LRUs) and accessories, managing more than 12,000 accessories per year. On top of that, the site also opened a training center this year.
A new member of the family
This year, the third member of the Pratt & Whitney GTFTM engine family—the PW1900G—joined EME Aero, a 50/50 joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and Lufthansa Technik. The PW1900G powers the second generation of the Embraer E-Jets regional jet and will from now on be maintained in the EME shop. EME Aero is thus expanding its portfolio to include a third GTF engine type: it has maintained the PW1100G-JM since opening its doors in 2020 and the PW1500G since 2021 in Jasionka, Poland.
First on-wing project
The MTU Maintenance Service Centre Australia in Perth has successfully completed its first on-wing project. In Adelaide, three engine experts replaced the main seal of two CF34-10E engines. This innovative on-wing replacement method, originally developed by MTU engineers in 2020, has surmounted previous limitations. Seal replacement used to require cost-intensive engine disassembly. Experts from MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg and MTU Maintenance Dallas supported the team.
