Transavia France is set to receive its first A320neo in the coming weeks which will enter service with the support of Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M).
The major multi-product MRO provider (which has supported Transavia France’s 737 components for several years) will support the low-cost airline’s new type via a custom-designed Component Support programme. The service package put together by AFI KLM E&M will include comprise repair services, pool access across an extended range of components and the provision of a Main Base Kit (MBK), including critical items such as wheels, tyres, oxygen systems and batteries.
Additionally, Transavia France will benefit from what it describes as ‘the simplified order processing and streamlined maintenance management’ via the interconnectivity of the Aeroxchange platform.
“AFI KLM E&M was able to take our expectations fullu into account, designing a custom-built service package that’s oriented towards our performance, availability and reliability goals,” highlighted Oliver Mazzucchelli, CEO at Transavia France. He added that the proximity between the airline’s facilities and the MRO provider’s component workshops in Paris provide “a further degree of reassurance” he sees as a “considerable bonus for [the] airline”.
AFI KLM E&M currently provides support for over 400 A320neo-type aircraft for customer airlines.