easyJet again entrusts long-term base maintenance work to Lufthansa Technik Sofia
Seven-year contract for scheduled heavy checks on Airbus A320 family aircraft
Four parallel overhaul bays exclusively reserved for the airline each winter season
At this year’s MRO Europe trade fair in London, easyJet and Lufthansa Technik have agreed to significantly extend their successful cooperation in the field of aircraft maintenance services for the low-cost airline’s massive fleet of Airbus A320 family jets. For the next seven years, Lufthansa Technik Sofia is set to continue its role as a mainstay for easyJet’s regular heavy base maintenance checks. Each winter season, Lufthansa Technik’s Southeastern European powerhouse will dedicate four parallel overhaul bays exclusively to the airline.
The agreement covers A320ceo and A320neo family aircraft operated under the various Air Operator Certificates (AOCs) of easyJet —easyJet UK, easyJet Switzerland and easyJet Europe — and ideally complements the recurring light base maintenance checks that the airline’s fleet already receives at Lufthansa Technik Milan.
“Lufthansa Technik Sofia plays a major part in our outsourced base maintenance activity,” said Brendan McConnellogue, Director Engineering and Maintenance at easyJet. “The easyJet and Lufthansa Technik Sofia teams work brilliantly together each winter season to meet the airline’s ever-growing needs. We are extremely pleased to be extending our relationship as our fleet continues to grow.”
“We are thrilled that easyJet has once again renewed our long-term base maintenance agreement, placing their trust in our expertise. With their distinctive livery, easyJet will continue to bring their signature orange presence to Sofia for many winters to come,” said Daniel Hepworth, Senior Director Corporate Sales Western Europe at Lufthansa Technik. “Over the past decade, our collaboration has resulted in more than 500 successful maintenance checks, consistently meeting high safety and punctuality standards. This contract extension represents a true partnership built over many years delivering safe, reliable aircraft on-time and on budget.”
easyJet and Lufthansa Technik already maintain a long-lasting and successful business relationship in various fields of maintenance, repair and overhaul. Lufthansa Technik Sofia started performing base maintenance checks for the airline in 2015. Based on the good experience with two standalone layovers, the airline awarded the Bulgarian subsidiary of Lufthansa Technik a first five-year contract in 2016. When the partners signed their second five-year contract in 2021, the number of dedicated bays had already risen from 1.5 to four, the setup which has now been extended for seven more years.
Besides Lufthansa Technik Sofia, Lufthansa Technik’s global base maintenance network moreover comprises major facilities on three continents, serving a broad range of customers from all over the world with comprehensive aircraft checks. The service portfolio ranges from C-, IL- or D-checks on short-, medium-, and long-haul aircraft to modifications and other services.
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About easyJet:
easyJet is one of Europe's largest airlines offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe's primary airports with great value fares and friendly service. It flies on more of Europe's most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 100 million passengers in 2024. The airline has over 350 aircraft flying on over 1000 routes to more than 160 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport. easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in nine countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognizing their trade unions. In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050, which features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernization, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, and has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035, validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). Innovation is in easyJet's DNA - since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel easier and more affordable for its passengers.
About Lufthansa Technik:
The Lufthansa Technik Group is one of the leading providers of technical aircraft services in the world. Certified internationally as maintenance, production and design organization, the company employs more than 22,000 people in dozens of locations around the globe. Lufthansa Technik offers the full range of services for commercial, VIP and special mission aircraft. The portfolio includes maintenance, repair, overhaul and modification of airframes, engines, components and landing gears, as well as the manufacture of innovative cabin products and digital fleet support.