AAR has expanded its relationship with fludubai with a new multi-year flight-hour component support contract that will include additional aircraft in flydubai’s rapidly growing Boeing 737 MAX fleet.
flydubai operates a single fleet type of 68 Boeing 737 aircraft that includes 32 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800, 33 Boeing 737 MAX 8, and 3 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The carrier is expected to take delivery of 11 737 MAX aircraft by the end of the year as it continues to retire more of its 737 Next-Generations.
Commenting on the announcement, Mick Hills, flydubai’s Chief Operations Officer, said: “AAR’s continued support over the last five years has enabled flydubai to maintain the optimum levels of efficiency and quick turnarounds when it comes to our fleet maintenance. The experience and reliability this partnership adds to our operations will continue to be collaborative, especially as we bring more of our MRO capabilities in-house. We look forward to expanding our partnership with AAR as we grow our fleet over the next few years.”
Colin Craig, AAR’s Vice President, Business Development, Integrated Solutions said: “It is a privilege to use our expertise and inventory to improve component support reliability and efficiency. flydubai’s decision to place further trust in AAR’s ability to provide excellent operational support speaks to the success of embedding our services with customers.”
As a part of the contract, AAR will grow its onsite team and work alongside flydubai to ensure real-time decision-making and seamless interaction throughout the duration of this contract. The inventory for this program will be located in Dubai.