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By Cirium2021-05-27T14:59:00+01:00
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance is building up Airbus A220 support capabilities because it sees an opportunity to establish itself as the first airline MRO provider to offer nose-to-tail services on the new-generation aircraft.
In September, Air France is scheduled to receive the first of 60 A220-300s it ordered in 2019. The French flag carrier additionally took 30 options and 30 acquisition rights for the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G-powered twinjet, which entered service – under its original Bombardier CSeries branding – in 2016.
Source: Airbus
The Airbus A220 during its demo tour of Asia in 2019
AFI KLM E&M vice-president component product Benjamin Moreau tells Cirium that the MRO provider sees a growing market for A220 support services “in all the regions” over the next decade. He describes the A220 as “one of the most resilient aircraft types” amid the pandemic and predicts it will play a key role for many oper
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