TAB Airlines of Bolivia Sources Spare Engine from AFI KLM EandM
Tuesday, 03 April 2012
Paris, Amstelveen,  Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has signed a contract with TAB Airlines General Manager Col. DAEN , Franz Tamayo de la Rocha  for the supply of a spare lease engine plus an engine shopvisit for its DC-10 freighter.

When the contract binding TAB Airlines to the supplier of its aircraft engines expired, the Bolivian carrier decided to contract the responsibility to AFI KLM E&M. 

Two years ago, TAB Airlines had already purchased an engine from AFI KLM E&M: "We were very satisfied with the high quality and excellent performance of the engine. What's more, the very good reputation of AFI KLM E&M on the MRO market convinced us to entrust them our maintenance and we are delighted to be working with them again," said Luis Melean, Maintenance Director at TAB Airlines. 

Miguel Chiang AFI KLM E&M VP Sales Central & South America said: "This new contract is good news and again proves our unique capability to offer adaptive maintenance solutions tailored to customer needs. We are very pleased with this latest cooperation and welcome TAB Airlines as a regular customer and look forward to extend our relationship." 

Source: Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance 

About TAB Airlines

IATAICAO
Callsign
 2L 
BOL
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Founded:   1977
Operating bases:  
Viru Viru International Airport 
 Fleet size:  
 2 
 Destinations: 
 4 (scheduled) 
 Parent company: 
 Bolivian Air Force 
 Headquarters: 
 Cochabamba, Bolivia    

Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos (abrreviated TAB, also known as TAB Airlines or TAB Cargo) is a Bolivian airline, which operates civil cargo flights between Bolivias and the United States.

TAB was set up in 1977 as a sub-division of the Air Transport Management of the Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, abbreviated FAB) in 1977, originally operating on-demand medium to long-haul heavy cargo flights using a fleet of Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, which were based at El Alto International Airportin La Paz. In 1992, TAB was shut down.

In 1999, the airline was reactivated as a civil company based at Cochabamba, with Luis Trigo Antelo becoming its CEO, then operating a single military C-130 and a L- 382, the civil variant of the preceding. 

Official website: www.tabairlines.com
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