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INTERNATIONAL

MTU Maintenance
MTU Maintenance is a global company with facilities and representatives worldwide and dedicated representatives for the APAC
region based in Bangkok, Seoul and Singapore.
In the region, MTU Maintenance supports airlines from
Australia and New Zealand. For instance, they support Virgin
Australia with their GE90-115B engines since 2012 and Air New
Zealand with their GE90-115B engines, including a lease engine,
since 2016. They have held agreements with Airnorth for their
CF34-8 engines since 2015 and with Cobham on their CF34-3
and -10E engines since 2009. MTU has also supported various
other operators such as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, Air
Vanuatu, Nauru Airlines, Airworks, etc. with engine shop visits,
lease support and on-site maintenance services.
Sami Ben-Kraiem, vice president marketing and sales, Middle
East & Southeast Asia, said, "Our business is good and we always
look to further enhance our footprint as well as our customer
base. We are closely monitoring the fleet developments and are
ready to offer tailor made solutions for this particular market,
such as solutions for mature engine fleets with cost effective

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exit strategies, spare engine support to reduce the spare engine
investment of our customers and responsiveness to on-site services despite the distance constraints."
The MTU VP characterized the business this way: "Two large
challenges are slot availability and material supply. This is due
to the enormous growth that the aviation and MRO industries
have seen. Engine shops in general are full and planning and
foresight is imperative on the part of operators and providers.
This is something that has been a key issue in recent years and
we are working intensively with our customers to make sure
they get the services they need within the timeframe desired.
Scheduling and planning shop visit inductions jointly with our
customers is imperative in the current environment."

StandardAero
StandardAero has two engine overhaul facilities in the AsiaPacific region. In Brisbane, QLD, Australia, they have a Pratt &
Whitney Canada approved PT6A Designated Overhaul Facility.
A second overhaul location is located in Singapore. In addition,
StandardAero has a C-130J Propulsion System Intermediate Level
maintenance facility at RAAF Base Richmond, NSW, Australia,
providing engine, propeller and nacelle support for the C-130J
Hercules transports operated by No. 37 Squadron.
StandardAero Brisbane's customers are almost exclusively from
the Asia-Pacific and are kept busy supporting the needs of local
and regional operators. By contrast, StandardAero's PW150A shop
in Singapore supports customers from around the globe, including
operators from within the local region. Matt Dennington, general
manager of StandardAero's Brisbane overhaul facility, characterized current business as good and competitive. 2019 has been a
strong year for them in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dennington feels that new material availability (i.e. spare parts)
is probably the biggest challenge. He says the overall aerospace
industry as a whole is in the middle of a boom period, with strong
demand for both new aircraft deliveries and MRO of existing
in-service fleets. As a result, the industry's engine manufacturers and their suppliers are facing the challenge of ramping up

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