Lufthansa Technik announced it will support the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines of the six Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) Airbus A310 aircraft.

The five-year contract covers spare engine support, engineering services, logistics and repair and overhaul.  

This is in addition to the recent signing of a three-year contract covering technical services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada  PW127 engines in PIA's fleet of six ATR42 turboprop aircraft, to be  provided by the German MRO facility's subsidiary Lufthansa Technik AERO  Alzey.

The first engine is undergoing overhaul at Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey's facility near Frankfurt.  

Samin Uddin Naqvi, PIA's director engineering and maintenance, said:  “The Lufthansa Technik Group is a competent and reliable partner delivering customized services to our needs at competitive prices”  

Ziad al Hazmi, general manager Gulf, Lufthansa Technik, added: "This is the first long term contract between Lufthansa Technik and PIA.

“PIA has had a long tradition of operating the first ever national airline of Pakistan. We look forward to a lasting cooperation between the two companies.”