German MTU Aero Engines has concluded a strategic agreement with U.S. engine manufacturer GE Aviation on the maintenance, repair and overhau...
The contract makes MTU the provider of MRO services for GEnx TCFs within the GE network. The GEnx powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and is the sole engine for the Boeing 747-8. The agreement covers the engine’s entire life cycle and is expected to be worth more than 3 billion euros in sales.
MTU will begin the MRO operations from the second half of 2014 from its maintenance shop in Hanover. So far, around 1,600 orders have been received for GEnx engines.
The GEnx turbine center frame - the transition duct between the high-pressure turbine and the low-pressure turbine - has been playing an important role for MTU since 2009. The company holds a stake as a risk- and revenue-sharing partner in the program. In late August 2011, the first production module was handed over to GE Aviation. To date, MTU has shipped more than 500 TCFs to GE Aviation.
