Lufthansa Technik launches E-Jet landing gear services in the US

Hawker Pacific Aerospace, a Lufthansa Technik landing gear service
location in California, USA, has built up landing gear overhaul
capability for the Embraer E-Jet family of aircraft to cover the
North and South American E170/175 and E190/195 customers. Such
capability will also be established at Lufthansa Technik’s landing
gear workshop in Hamburg over the next few years in preparation for
the E-Jet fleets in Europe.

Hawker Pacific Aerospace is one of the first repair facilities to
reach an agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace, the supplier of the
landing gear systems for the Embraer E-Jet family, for full support
and access to all E-Jet landing gear documentation, revision
services, and technical engineering services. The strong and unique
working relationship between Hawker Pacific Aerospace and
Liebherr-Aerospace firmly supports the commencement of E-Jet landing
gear overhauls, which began early 2013.

The capability build up at Hawker Pacific Aerospace was completed at
the end of 2012 with an investment in a complete Embraer 190 spare
shipset, original tooling, a nose landing gear test stand, and other
dedicated equipment. Within the next few months, utilizing its own
stock of E-Jet rotables, Hawker Pacific Aerospace will begin full
landing gear exchange and overhaul services for all E-Jet operators
in North and South America.

More than 470 Embraer 170 through 195-type aircraft are flying in the
Americas today. Hawker Pacific Aerospace is working alongside these
customers to help develop their E-Jet landing gear overhaul programs.
With the cooperation of these customers, more spare shipsets will be
purchased in 2013 to support the North and South American overhaul
requirements.