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Shark week 🦈 ? For us, it was rather a shark year, as our fuel-saving #AeroSHARK significantly gained momentum in 2024. With three new airline customers and meanwhile 21 modified aircraft in service, we are now already “swarming” around three continents. As of today, our drag-reducing riblet films, jointly developed with BASF, have already avoided more than 31,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. But these figures will soon be outdated again, as 2025 is off to a good start with the next aircraft modifications already underway. So, stay tuned for more "sharking" 🦈 news! https://lnkd.in/ehd8_2k5 #keepyouflying #lufthansatechnik #sharkskin #makechangefly

🌍🎶 Joy to the World – together, we achieve great things! 🎶🌍 Our Lufthansa Technik colleagues from around the globe have teamed up to create a special musical highlight. This unique version of "Ode to Joy" demonstrates what’s possible when we work together – across locations, countries, and borders. We wish all our employees, partners, customers and our community Merry Christmas and a fantastic start to the new year! Here’s to a 2025 full of teamwork, innovation, and shared success. ✈️✨ 👉 Let’s welcome 2025 with joy and unity! #LufthansaTechnik #keepyouflying #JoyToTheWorld #HappyNewYear2025

This was 2024! ✨ It's a wrap. This year was full of highlights for us: A full year, around 30 locations, almost 25,000 colleagues, several hundred new contracts, countless projects – you can't show everything that shaped the Lufthansa Technik Group in 2024 in just 120 seconds. In this video you will find a small selection of highlights! ✈️ #LufthansaTechnik #keepyouflying #MROexperts #Recap2024

Ensuring the security of Luftwaffe - German Airforce’s political-parliamentary flight operations: Today, we have been commissioned by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (#BAAINBw) to install a DIRCM self-defense system into the Special Air Mission Wing’s three Airbus #A350 long-range government aircraft. DIRCM stands for “Directed InfraRed Counter Measures” and comprises systems for protection against enemy guided missiles, usually fired from the shoulder (so-called Man-Portable Air Defense Systems, or MANPADS for short) and using infrared seeker heads. Such systems are already in use on various aircraft types worldwide and offer proven, high-quality protection for VIP and head of state aircraft as well as military platforms. “The Special Mission Air Wing is responsible for Germany's political-parliamentary flight operations. In view of increasing global instability and regional conflicts, the use of MANPADS by non-state actors, among others, poses a concrete threat,” said Michael von Puttkamer, our Vice President Special Aircraft Services. “The security situation demands that Germany ensures the protection of its own leadership. We are therefore proud of this lighthouse project.” The contract marks the world's first modification of an A350 with such a self-defense system. In order to keep availability for flight operations as high as possible, we will equip the three aircraft one after the other during their regular maintenance layovers. #keepyouflying #lufthansatechnik

Supporting two major aircraft type introductions at almost the same time: We are delighted that TAAG-Linhas Aereas de Angola has entrusted us with a Total Component Support (TCS) for their newly built Boeing 787 fleet and an Aircraft Production Inspection Program (APIP) for both the 787 and the Airbus A220 fleet also currently being built up. The 12-year TCS contract will grant the Luanda-based airline access to our worldwide spare parts pool, through which it will increase the availability of components for its Dreamliner fleet and leverage significant cost-benefits. In line with an APIP, our experts will moreover scrutinize their aircraft’s entire production process directly at the manufacturing site. “With no less than two modern aircraft types joining our fleet at nearly the same time, we are happy to rely on the renowned engineering expertise and the wealth of experience only Lufthansa Technik’s experts can provide,” said Nelson Pedro Rodrigues de Oliveira, CEO and Accountable Manager at TAAG Angola Airlines. “With their strong support, we are looking forward to a quick ramp-up of our new 787 and A220 operations. Our partners’ reliable component support will moreover ensure a smooth 787 Dreamliner operation from day one.” “The new contract with Angola Airlines marks one of our biggest contracts for Dreamliner component services in subsaharan Africa. Hence, I congratulate everyone involved on reaching this significant milestone,” said Kai Roepke, our Vice President Corporate Sales Europe, Middle East and Africa at Lufthansa Technik. “My sincere thanks go out to the entire team of our valued customer for entrusting us with these important work packages, which are crucial for a smooth entry-into-service and seamless operation of their brand-new fleets. With our enormous experience in new aircraft types we look forward to supporting Angola Airlines in the best possible way.” (Image copyright: TAAG Angola Airlines) #keepyouflying #lufthansatechnik #mroexperts

We're excited to kick off a new chapter with Eurowings at both Lufthansa Technik Sofia and Lufthansa Technik Budapest Ltd 👨🔧👩🔧🎉! With a new five-year agreement, we will provide dedicated base maintenance support for the Airbus A320 family fleet of Eurowings. We will allocate four overhaul lines across both locations to conduct comprehensive checks on more than 100 Eurowings aircraft ✈️🌍. Recently, the first aircraft arrived to Sofia and Budapest. Preslav Milchev and Thoralf Wagner, our CEOs of the two base maintenance facilities, both highlighted the importance of this partnership. Marc Weber, Head of Technical Operations at Eurowings Technik GmbH, joined us in Budapest to share his vision for our continued collaboration. With a shared commitment to excellence, we look forward to supporting Eurowings throughout the seasons to come ✨.

November 2024 marks 10 years of successful partnership between Collins Aerospace and us! Together, we've been delivering comprehensive nacelle services for Boeing 787 Dreamliners, supporting airlines globally with life cycle solutions that prioritize reliability and innovation. Since 2014, we have completed 100+ MRO events for Dreamliner nacelles from our workshops in Hamburg, Shenzhen, and Dubai. As Sven Duve, our Senior Director Aircraft Related Components, puts it: “We were honored when Collins Aerospace invited us in 2013 to join their new network. Since the beginning of this collaboration, we have worked together to support our customers, leveraging the strengths of each partner and continuously learning from one another. We look forward to continuing our successful work with Collins Aerospace and serving the aviation industry for many more years.” ✈️ 🤝 #LufthansaTechnik #MROexperts #keepyouflying

Thrilling announcement to wrap up the year: We are teaming up with Microsoft to drive the use of artificial intelligence (AI)✨💡. AI will significantly improve our efficiency and even lead to completely new offers. The joint initiative includes over 50 context-sensitive AI use cases based on Microsoft Azure AI Services and the Microsoft | Azure Cloud | AI | Partner. By utilizing large language models (LLMs) and a memory-enabled cognitive architecture, we will distill knowledge from vast amounts of data, hidden in unstructured data such as text in manuals. Other information hides in folder structures, images, or charts – and many more sources! Often, this unstructured data is interdependent or ranked. Using AI, we will be able to structure and process this data to effectively answer complex questions. One of the most impactful use cases we are going to tackle is the optimization of layover planning. This promises to significantly save costs as we aim to reduce ground time by five to ten percent. “We are excited about our collaboration with Microsoft,” said our CFO Dr. William Willms who is also responsible for our IT department. “This partnership will allow us to harness the power of AI to solve highly complex challenges, improve our operations, and deliver exceptional value to our customers.” Florian Deter, Managing Director at Microsoft Germany, said: “AI is the pivotal technology of our time. It not only enables incredible breakthroughs that could hardly have been imagined before. In its development, security and data protection have the highest priority for us and for Lufthansa Technik.”  #keepyouflying #LufthansaTechnik

Hands-on experience 🖐 – in the true sense of the word! Behold the latest creation of our fantastic Graphics Solutions team that, together with our equally fantastic Aircraft Maintenance colleagues in Berlin, recently turned this Lufthansa #A321neo into a breathtaking flying ambassador for the 25th anniversary of help alliance, the Lufthansa Group’s international charity organization. Equally breathtaking are the facts and figures of the project: -         297 handprints on the fuselage and the inside of the sharklets -         Almost twelve meters of lettering along the fuselage -         Approximately 100 production hours -         Around 350 application hours -         ONE extraordinary aircraft livery, promoting a very good cause! High five 🖐 to everyone involved in realizing this stunning project, and happy anniversary, #helpalliance! #keepyouflying #lufthansatechnik

Congratulations to our colleagues at EME Aero on their 5th anniversary! 🎉 Today, we celebrate five years of outstanding MRO operations for the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine family at EME Aero. Since inducting their first engine in December 2019, the state-of-the-art facility in Rzeszów, Poland, has successfully completed over 500 shop visits, becoming a cornerstone of the GTF MRO network. Derrick Siebert, our Vice President Operations Engine Services, says: "EME Aero represents a cornerstone of Lufthansa Technik’s MRO strategy, since it is one of the world's largest and most modern MRO service centers for the geared turbofan engine family. By continuously optimizing processes and fostering a culture of learning and collaboration, EME Aero ensures exceptional service for GTF engine operators. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all our colleagues at EME Aero for their hard work, passion, and dedication that have been instrumental in achieving these milestones.” With plans for a second test cell by mid-2025 and an annual capacity of more than 450 shop visits by 2026, the future is bright for EME Aero. 🚀 Thank you to all EME Aero colleagues for being part of this remarkable success story. We look forward to many more milestones together! #LufthansaTechnik #MROexperts #keepyouflying