CALGARY — WestJet announced a multi-billion-dollar, long-term commercial agreement with German aircraft services firm Lufthansa Technik to build a new engine repair station in Calgary.
Lufthansa Technik will establish and operate a the aircraft engine maintenance facility at the Calgary airport to service WestJet's approximately 50 Boeing 737 Max airplanes, which West Jet says make up around a quarter of its fleet.
The facility will"ensure greater capacity, efficiency, cost certainty and rapid turnaround times for aircraft by servicing engines right here at our global home and global hub of operations," he said at an announcement Thursday."It will allow the newest generation of narrow body jet engines to be maintained and tested right here in Calgary, rather than shipped overseas. That means reduced downtime, lower operating costs and fewer emissions," he said.
WestJet says the 15-year contract with Lufthansa Technik is the largest in the carrier's 30-year history.
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