Industry Addendum
New Maldives carrier selects ATR for maintenance
May 1st 2019
Republic of Maldives domestic carrier, Manta Air, has contracted a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) with ATR. Read More » The five-year agreement covers repair and overhaul of Line Replacement Units, propeller maintenance and onsite leased stock of spare parts for the three-year-old joint venture airline.
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Air Manta COO, Edward Alsford, said: “Air Manta’s aim is to raise the standards of the domestic aviation industry by providing the best flying experience for our passengers and increased connectivity in the Maldives.
“As a tailor-made maintenance package, the ATR GMA responds specifically to our needs and ATR’s expertise will ensure our brand new ATR 72-600s fly as much as possible. Our passengers depend on reliable service and ATR’s GMA is a valuable tool to help us deliver this.”
“In an increasingly competitive market, initial parts provisioning, anticipation of spares requirements, parts reliability, repair management, maintenance cost optimisiation and stock management are some of our operators crucial challenges,” ATR senior vice president programs and customer services, Tom Anderson, said.
