Airbus

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has entered a ten year flight hour services, tailored support package (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus for 19 units of A380s.

Under the deal, Airbus will provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services to SIA’s A380 fleet.

Airbus will also provide maintenance, engineering, reliability and supply chain management services to SIA and to its affiliated MRO SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC).

The contract, similar to one covering SIA’s A330s fleet, supersedes an existing FHS Components support contract between Airbus and SIA in 2007 for the latter’s A380 fleet.

The new deal covers aircraft availability and on-time performance (OTP) services.

"This Airbus FHS-TSP selection by Singapore Airlines for its A380 fleet marks a significant endorsement of our ability to deliver tailored and competitive value-adding services."

Airbus customer services head Didier Lux said: "This Airbus FHS-TSP selection by Singapore Airlines for its A380 fleet marks a significant endorsement of our ability to deliver tailored and competitive value-adding services."

More than 245 operators of A320, A330, A380 and A350 family aircraft have currently selected Airbus FHS contracts.

The France-based plane maker has sold more than 16,300 aircraft to over 380 customers worldwide.

Through its ‘Services by Airbus’, the company provides flight hour and tailored support packages, upgrades, training, e-solutions, engineering and maintenance, flight operations air traffic management, and material management services.

In November, budget carrier Tigerair Singapore signed a FHS-TSP contract with Airbus for full component support and fleet technical management services for its A320 fleet.

The contract has a validity of ten years, starting from early this year.

Image: Airbus signs FHS-TSP contract with Singapore Airlines. Photo: courtesy of Airbus.