Lufthansa Technik to provide Total Technical Support for Comair

The South African airline Comair and Lufthansa Technik have signed a comprehensive long-term Total Technical Support (TTS) contract. In the frame of the new agreement, Lufthansa Technik will provide engineering, planning, line maintenance and component support including consumables and expendables supply for the customer’s future Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet. The services will commence in January 2019, when Comair, as part of its fleet renewal program, will take delivery of the first two of eight 737 MAX 8 aircraft on order. Erik Venter, Chief Executive Officer of Comair, says: “The imminent arrival of the 737 MAX 8 was an opportunity