Air Serbia inks deal with Lufthansa Technik

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Air Serbia and Lufthansa Technik have signed a minimum five-year contract to provide Total Component Support for their current and future Airbus A320-family fleet. The contract includes comprehensive MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) services as well as spare parts pooling and homebase services for the required components in Belgrade starting from January 2024. Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “We have ambitious goals for our airline, and if we look toward the end of the next decade, our airline could have more than fifty aircraft. This requires a reliable partner that supports us with the best possible services - also at our home base in Belgrade. The partnership with Lufthansa Technik will therefore contribute to the operational excellence for Air Serbia.”. Kai-Stefan Roepke, Senior Vice President Corporate Sales EMEA at Lufthansa Technik, added, “We are very pleased to be selected by Air Serbia as their preferred partner for the component support of their Airbus A320ceo family fleet. Our modern component services offer excellent quality and will enable our customer Air Serbia to achieve top performance”. Lufthansa Technik has been supporting Air Serbia with landing gear and other services for its A320-family fleet since 2020. All of Air Serbia’s base maintenance is currently outsourced. The airline has said that once its fleet surpasses thirty aircraft it will have to consider a hangar facility in Belgrade. It is in discussions with Turkish Technics on a potential joint venture but is also exploring other options.