Maintenance and Modifications
GE, Lufthansa Sign MoU for New Engine Overhaul Venture
JV to service GEnx-2B and GE9X engines starting in 2018.
Pictured signing a memorandum of understanding here in Paris are (left to right): GE Aviation Services president and CEO Kevin McAllister, GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohra and Lufthansa Technik chairman of the executive board Johannes Bussmann.
Pictured signing a memorandum of understanding here in Paris are (left to right): GE Aviation Services president and CEO Kevin McAllister, GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohra and Lufthansa Technik chairman of the executive board Johannes Bussmann.

Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed Monday evening in Paris, Lufthansa Technik AG and GE Aviation agreed to create a new engine overhaul facility in Europe to service GEnx-2B and GE9X engines. Closing of the new joint venture, which is expected to be operational in 2018, is subject to “receipt of required regulatory approvals,” the companies said.