Philippine Airlines (PAL) has selected Safran Landing Systems to carry out the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) operations on the landing gear of some 30 Airbus A330 and A320 family airplanes.
The contract will start this year and run through 2024 for eight A330 widebody aircraft and through 2025 for 20 A320 and A321 aircraft.
These maintenance operations will be carried out at Safran’s Singapore workshop, a joint venture with Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC), which has over 300 employees specialised in landing gear overhauls.
Alvin Kendrich O. Limqueco, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management of Philippine Airlines said: “Philippine Airlines is pleased to forge this latest partnership with Safran Landing Systems as part of our top-priority safety and maintenance campaigns to ensure the continued reliability of Philippine Airlines (PAL)’s fleet. The arrangement will ultimately benefit our passengers who fly on our A330 and A320/A321 aircraft serving our domestic, regional and global networks.”
Bruno Chiarelli, Safran Landing Systems Executive Vice President - MRO added: “We are delighted to be once again selected by Philippine Airlines for their landing gears overhaul. This new partnership perpetuates a long-standing collaboration of trust as well as strengthening our presence in the Asia-Pacific region with currently more than 500 overhauled landing gears by Safran Landing Systems per year.”
The contract will also benefit from Landing Life support and services offer covering all Safran Landing Systems' after-sales business.