Lufthansa Technik and National Air Services (NAS) of Saudi Arabia have signed a five year contract for Total Component Support TCS of up to 40 aircraft. The agreement includes services for several VIP and Executive-Jets based on narrow body aircraft families. Moreover, Both Lufthansa Technik and NAS group are currently evaluating intensively further opportunities to co-operate in aircraft maintenance. The signing of the contract follows an agreement reached by NAS and Lufthansa Technik in May. Also included are maintenance works, repair and overhaul for components of the Airbus A320 family and regional jets of the Embraer 190/195 family, both in service with the company's low-cost-subsidiary nasair. The contract makes NAS the launch customer for MRO of the Embraer 190/195 aircraft type with Lufthansa Technik. On its base at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, NAS is provided with a broad variety of services by Lufthansa Technik, ranging from the setup of a home base spare parts pool and on-site service to access to Lufthansa Technik's worldwide pools and its highly qualified repair and overhaul facilities in Hamburg and Frankfurt. “We are very proud and happy to see a firm follow-on contract to the agreement reached before”, said Walter Heerdt, senior vice president of Marketing and Sales for Lufthansa Technik, during the signing ceremony at the Middle East Business Aviation convention in Dubai.
