Airinmar secures value engineering contract with JetBlue

AAR subsidiary Airinmar has signed a three-year agreement with JetBlue to provide component value engineering cost oversight services for the airline’s Airbus and Embraer fleets. The agreement covers the provision of Airinmar’s unique value engineering knowledge and expertise, along with in-house support systems across a wide range of JetBlue’s aircraft components. Under the scope of the services, Airinmar will assess repair costs to assure compliance with JetBlue’s contracted pricing terms, under either component flight-hour or fixed-pricing terms, as well as the cost evaluation of time and material quoted repairs. Bill Cade, JetBlue vice president of technical operations, said: “Our partnership