Lufthansa Technik Container Gains VVIP Customer
The new container concept allows VVIP customers to carry a fly away kit in their cargo holds.

Lufthansa Technik unveiled a “Fly Away Kit” for VVIP and special-mission aircraft that allows carriage of spare parts and consumables in a convenient container. The company said it has already received its first order for the kit, which is integrated in a modified standard airliner-size ULD9 container. The first order is for a head-of-state Airbus A340.

Examples of what might be carried in the unit includes wheels, a mobile aircraft jack, essential spares and oil. “Easily accessible in the aircraft’s cargo bay, technicians have the equipment where it is needed,” the company said.