GE Aviation announced a 12-year TrueChoiceTM services agreement with China Southern Airlines for systems support across its Boeing 787 fleet.
The agreement includes GE Aviation's Avionics Systems content and capabilities, including the common core system and will support all of China Southern Airlines' fleet of 30 B787 aircraft, the last five of which will be delivered in 2020.
Li Zhigang, senior vice president, maintenance & engineering division, China Southern Airlines Company Limited, commented: "We are already seeing the benefit of our partnership with GE on this program."
The program for the China Southern Airlines B787 fleet will provide an optimised solution for through-life support and includes repairs, stock holding, inventory management, program management, configuration control, engineering change control, technical documentation, obsolescence management and reliability trend analysis.
Building on the airline's minimal B787 parts inventory, GE Aviation will guarantee just in time availability from its pool of B787 components to China Southern Airlines at its main base in Guangzhou and its outstations.
GE has developed a number of integrated logistics management and performance-based logistics programs as part of its TrueChoice offering.
Each component of the agreement is tailored to meet the customer's specific requirements, such as improved parts availability, shortened supply chain, improved operational efficiency and reduced life-cycle costs.
GE also has an integrated logistics management program with Singapore Airlines and Emirates covering GE Aviation Systems products.
The TrueChoice services suite enables GE to accommodate any need and operational priority with an unmatched breadth of services and materials.