Air Austral is once again leaning into the expertise and support provided by AFI KLM E&M through its wholly-owned subsidiary EPCOR. This time for the maintenance of the APUs (GTCP131-9C) powering its medium-haul fleet of three A220s. Air Austral is a longstanding AFI KLM E&M customer, and the two players also recently signed a Component support agreement for the Reunion-based airline’s A220 aircraft.

The latest contract covers the repair and servicing of APUs, the supply of a replacement unit and access to AFI KLM E&M’s predictive maintenance solutions via Prognos® for APU. These services will be managed and delivered by EPCOR, AFI KLM E&M’s center of excellence for APU support.

Vincent Guérin, Technical Director at Air Austral, has stated: “the technical relationship built up between AFI KLM E&M and Air Astral over the years provides us invaluable reassurance. We know and appreciate the quality of their services, the robustness of their solutions and the availability of their teams. We’re certain to benefit from optimal performance and reliability for APU maintenance on our A220s thanks to AFI KLM E&M and EPCOR.”

Heidi Haveman, Managing Director of EPCOR, added: “EPCOR has developed a wide range of tailored MRO solutions for the GTCP131-9C, so airlines can pick and choose those which are best suited to their operational needs. We’re delighted about Air Austral’s confidence in our expertise, as the airline becomes our first external customer for the A220.”