Nigerian carrier, Air Peace has signed a multi-year aircraft spare parts deal with planemaker, Embraer on the maintenance of its fleet.
The deal, the airline confirmed in a statement on Thursday, would cover more than 250 components for the six Embraer 145 jets it recently added to its fast-growing fleet in line with its drive to connect unserved and underserved domestic and regional routes under its subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper.
The deal was unveiled at the ongoing MRO Europe 2018 summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Air Peace currently has the biggest fleet of Embraer 145 jets on the West Coast of Africa, it was learnt.
The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide, described the deal as a guarantee of “efficiency and competitive results”.
She said: “The Pool and EPEP+ Programs are natural fit and the best options as they offer sensible, cost effective and practical parts solution to our business, guaranteeing efficiency and competitive results. We recognise very good performance of Embraer’s services and support.”
The deal, Olajide added, would make spares readily available for the airline’s maintenance needs, heavily cut down the time spent on maintenance and increase the number of serviceable aircraft available to operate the airline’s flight schedules.
Embraer Vice President, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Commercial Aviation, Mr. John Linn, explained that the contract also contemplates access to a huge and reliable stock inventory of more than 150 different parts under the Embraer Parts Exchange Program (EPEP+), which provides part availability in far less time than usual, avoiding Aircraft on Ground situations and delays due to lack of specific parts.”
“The component solution programme is part of a suite of services that Embraer offers to support the growing fleet of Embraer aircraft worldwide through TechCare, the new Embraer platform that assembles the entire portfolio of products and solutions to deliver the best experience of services and support”, he said.
