SR Technics has signed a five-year agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines to provide quick-turn maintenance offload support to LEAP-1A engines. This multi-year agreement follows earlier agreements signed with Safran for CFM56-5B, CFM56-7B, and LEAP-1B engines.
The first shop visit is scheduled in July 2023.
“With the new LEAP-1A product, we have now taken a decisive step forward in the portfolio of our engine business. We are very proud to further extend our existing, very successful partnership and collaboration with CFM and to add this state-of-the-art engine type to our existing capabilities,” commented Jean-Marc Lenz, Chief Executive, SR Technics.
“We are delighted to expand our partnership with SR Technics which has been part a key player of the CFM MRO network for several years. Through this new agreement, we are developing additional capacities into our network to address the growing needs of the LEAP aftermarket and optimize our customers ‘operations worldwide,” added Nicolas Potier, Vice President Support & Services, Safran Aircraft Engines.
In October 2022, SR Technics signed with CFM International, a LEAP-1B/1A General Support License Agreement (GSLA) enabling SR Technics to support customers for the new generation LEAP engine platform.
The LEAP engine services will be an integral part of SR Technics’ organization and product portfolio in Zurich, Switzerland. The core team of engine mechanics and engineers is already trained by Safran Aircraft Engines on the initial work scopes.
SR Technics recently announced the groundbreaking of its Test Cell 2 facility in Zurich, which will also include LEAP-1A/1B and CFM56-5B/7B capabilities.