Parker Aerospace & Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance Announce Long-Term Agreement for Boeing 787 Component ...
June 20 2019 - 7:46PM
Business Wire
Agreement covers majority of components for the Parker
Aerospace-designed 787 hydraulic system
Parker Aerospace, a business group of Parker Hannifin
Corporation (NYSE:PH), the global leader in motion and control
technologies, today announced an agreement with Air France
Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) for
long-term collaboration on Boeing 787 component maintenance,
repair, and overhaul (MRO) services. The agreement, signed and
announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show, covers the majority of
repairable and test-only components for the Parker-designed 787
hydraulic system.
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Contract signing between Austin Major,
Parker Aerospace Customer Support Operations (CSO), and Gery
Mortreux, Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
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The agreement between AFI KLM E&M and Parker Aerospace will
encompass the joint development of repair procedures to increase
component and system reliability and reduce related maintenance
costs for airline customers worldwide. Operators benefit from
shared best practices and collaborative approaches to continuous
improvement in repair performance. The collaboration focuses on
repair development and work-scoping to help optimize on-wing time
and reduce delays, cancellations, and overall cost.
Parker Aerospace is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and
a global leader in developing and integrating components across
many aerospace technologies. Air France Industries KLM Engineering
& Maintenance is a world leader in MRO with extensive knowledge
of airline operations. By combining efforts with a new way of doing
business, customers benefit from OEM data combined with powerful
MRO insight and repair capabilities. The agreement does not
preclude other agreements between Parker Aerospace and its
customers.
“Parker Aerospace is continually focused on developing a strong
global network while providing local solutions for MRO and part
availability,” said Vic Jorcyk, vice president of commercial
aftermarket business for Parker Aerospace Customer Support
Operations. “By combining efforts with AFKLM, this agreement will
help end users realize the best cost savings, operational
performance, and value created through the collaboration.”
“We are happy with this partnership. It demonstrates again that
AFI KLM E&M is a reliable and trustful party on the 787
market,” said Anne Brachet, executive vice president Air France KLM
Engineering & Maintenance. “We see this as further reinforcing
our Boeing 787 support program to the benefit of our
customers.”
About Parker Aerospace. Parker Aerospace is a global
leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture,
certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic,
fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management,
lubrication, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace and
other high-technology markets. The company supports the world’s
aircraft and aeroengine manufacturers, providing a century of
experience and innovation for commercial and military aircraft.
The Parker Aerospace stand is in hall 5, stand #C10, at the
Paris Air Show, June 17-23, 2019.
About Parker Hannifin. Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250
global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than 100
years the company has engineered the success of its customers in a
wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. Learn
more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.
About AFI KLM E&M
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is a
major multi-product MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) provider.
With a workforce of over 14,000, AFI KLM E&M offers
comprehensive technical support for airlines, ranging from
engineering and line maintenance to engine overhaul, aero structure
and fan thrust reverser support, as well as the management, repair
and supply of aircraft components, structured around a powerful
logistics network. AFI KLM E&M supports almost 2,000 aircraft
operated by 200 major international and domestic airlines.
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Brian King Parker Aerospace +1 (714) 458-7416
brian.king@parker.com
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance
Communications Director Vincent Metz +33 (0)1 49 89 52 33
Metz@klm.com
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