Lufthansa Technik to open new hangar in Puerto Rico

Lufthansa Technik marked the start of the construction of the company’s new overhaul facility, Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico. With this step, Lufthansa Technik is strengthening its presence in the Americas, which are already home to Hawker Pacific Aerospace, BizJet and Lufthansa Technik Component Services, by adding base maintenance services for Airbus A320 family aircraft.

The new hangar in Puerto Rico will feature five overhaul lines across more than 215,000 square feet of space. Thanks to its state-of-the-art technologies, aircraft remain in a single line for painting following their overhauls.

As of 2016, up to 400 highly qualified employees will overhaul and maintain aircraft in the hangar’s five lines. The young company already has more than 50 employees, most of whom are from Puerto Rico. Training is also underway full steam: the first course in structural mechanics, with 18 participants, concluded in September, and the trainees are currently at Lufthansa Technik Budapest (Hungary) or Shannon Aerospace (Ireland) for further training.

Source and image: Lufthansa Technik