AEM/AMETEK MRO has signed a Landing Gear Service Agreement with Liebherr-Aerospace for the provision of landing gear maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to Embraer E-Jet E1 operators across the EMEA region for the E190 platform. This follows the initial MOU that launched the cooperative partnership in 2022.

With market demand continuing to rise as air traffic rebounds robustly since the pandemic, AEM is taking on more landing gear work from Liebherr-Aerospace at its Ramsgate facility in the UK. As a highly qualified and well-established MRO, AEM is ideally positioned to support the OEM in delivering first-class and efficient services which increases the availability for overhaul slots for operators of the E-Jet E1 aircraft.

“This partnership fully endorses our relationship with Liebherr and showcases AEM’s capabilities as a leading landing gear maintenance provider” comments Mike Audus, Divisional VP & Business Unit Manager – Aerospace Europe, for AMETEK MRO.

As Andy Wheeler, Divisional Vice President and Managing Director of AEM, explains, “Our highly trained team of technicians in Ramsgate has demonstrated their consistency in providing the quality of MRO that Liebherr’s customers demand. Signing the full contract is indicative of the confidence they place in AEM and complements the wider range of landing systems capabilities that AMETEK MRO offers.”

For Christian Franz, Director Customer Service Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg (Germany), the primary aim of the partnership is to deliver superior customer support. “Together with AEM we can optimise the fleet operations of E-Jet E1 customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa by generating increased availability and more flexibility when they plan and select overhaul slots. Regional airlines are expanding their fleets and introducing new routes, if we can help with operational certainty, they can focus on the important role they play in delivering global connectivity.”