Boeing has awarded Lufthansa Technik with a contract to provide Total Component Support (TCS) for the future fleet of four P-8A aircraft belonging to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The (TCS) is a comprehensive component services program for the 737 covering more than four hundred commercial common parts included in the configuration of the P-8A. By leveraging the 737 commercial markets in support of P-8A international customers will allow smaller fleets easier access to necessary global supply chain inventory from the more than four thousand 737 aircraft operating today.
Torbjorn (Turbo) Sjogren, Boeing vice president, and general manager, of Government Services said: “Our collaboration with Lufthansa Technik is a strong example of how the industry can work together to solve customer challenges and maintain high readiness rates. Our goal is to expand service offerings from a strategic German industry partner for additional P-8A customers to benefit.”
The TCS program provided by Lufthansa Technik will allow the Royal New Zealand Air Force to reduce investment in commercial common parts and improve aircraft readiness through access to the German company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) global supply chain.
Michael Haidinger, president of Boeing in Germany said: “Lufthansa Technik is a longstanding partner with a long history of supporting Boeing aircraft around the world. This new contract is a clear demonstration of our commitment to German industry and how we partner across the Atlantic and globally, shaping meaningful partnerships that ensure continued economic and industrial growth in Germany.”
Michael von Puttkamer, vice president of special aircraft services at Lufthansa Technik said: “We are delighted to soon start servicing New Zealand’s Poseidon fleet. The strong partnership with Boeing enables us to offer the best possible service level over the entire life cycle of the aircraft. We are very much looking forward to further cooperation with our partners in Germany and beyond.”
Boeing and Lufthansa Technik signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2021 to support Germany’s P-8A Poseidon fleet. The MOU expanded to a three-party agreement with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH in 2022.