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A low cost airline, Norwegian Air Shuttle, has
become the largest customer for the Boeing landing gear exchange
program with a new service contract covering an additional 15
Next-Generation 737s.
Landing gear must be overhauled and
recertified every 10 years, or after 18,000 cycles. Participants
in the landing gear exchange program receive fully overhauled and
certified landing gear shipsets during scheduled gear maintenance
cycles, giving customers an alternative to the large capital
investment of new landing gear.
The new contract gives Norwegian
Air Shuttle a service schedule that runs until 2027.
"The
landing gear exchange program allows our airline customers to
focus on what they do best, serving their airline passengers,"
said Dale Wilkinson, vice president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Material Services organization. "Providing engineering and
inventory support for such a high-cost asset is one way we give
our customers the Boeing Edge."
Norwegian has undergone
three landing gear exchanges with Boeing to date. This next
exchange is scheduled for October 2013.
"After undergoing
our first three landing gear exchanges, we are very pleased with
the Boeing landing gear exchange program," said Asgeir Nyseth, COO
of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA. "Boeing has played a major part in
our strategy to develop a cost efficient and environmentally
friendly operation with high customer satisfaction. Working with
Boeing to coordinate our landing gear maintenance means our fleet
spends more time with our customers, and less time on the ground."
Boeing's Material Services organization currently offers the
service and support of the landing gear exchange program to 78
customers worldwide.
In January, Boeing and Norwegian
announced an order for
100 737 MAX airplanes and 22 Next-Generation 737-800s, valued at $11.4 billion at list prices.
This represents the largest-ever Boeing order from a European
airline.
Norwegian also will initiate a low-cost, long-haul
operation with
Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which will be maintained
under a
GoldCare agreement signed with Boeing in March.
Carrying nearly 16 million passengers in 2011,
Norwegian is the third-largest low-cost airline in Europe.
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