AFI/LHT to Support A400M

AMSTERDAM -- Lufthansa Technik and Air France Industries, partners in the Spairliners component support venture for the delayed Airbus A380, are turning their attention to another Airbus transport: the A400M. The two MRO providers have signed an MOU and are setting up a component support solution customized to military needs. Effective immediately, the two partners will start evaluations "to offer a complete line of component services to all A400M operators worldwide," they said Wednesday. LHT and AFI hope to leverage the work already done with Spairliners, but may launch a separate venture to handle the A400M.