Technical services
Finnair Technical provides high quality technical services, primarily for Finnair but also for other airlines, of which the largest is Lufthansa Cargo. Another Finnair Technical customer, the French airline AirLib, was declared bankrupt last year. The capacity freed by this turn of events was utilized in the implementation of cost-cutting measures.
The unit's services range from full-scale servicing and overhauls to small, individual repair jobs. The first overhauls on Airbus A320 series aircraft taken into service in 1999 were performed during 2003. Aircraft must undergo such overhauls every few years.
Finnair Technical's engine repair shop also performed the first overhauls on the environmentally friendly CFM engines used on the Airbus aircraft. The longest-serving aircraft of the Boeing B757 fleet used in Finnair's Leisure Traffic operations also underwent their first overhauls.
As part of process and systems development, Finnair Technical has initiated a project with the aim of replacing several operational management and procurement systems.
Structural arrangements advanced further when a Technical Services unit was created within Finnair's Scheduled Passenger Traffic division. The unit will be responsible for purchasing aircraft maintenance work and optimizing maintenance costs. The planning and description of the unit's operations have been ongoing since autumn 2003. The arrangement will come into effect during the second quarter of 2004. |