Sichuan Airlines renews confidence in Thales for component maintenance services

Under this contract, originally signed in 2004, Thales provides Sichuan Airlines with test and repair services for a list of Thales components fitted onboard its Airbus fleet. Thales also offers exchange services through the leasing of components located on site at Chengdu airport, all on a flight hour rate basis. The maintenance of the components is carried out from Thales’s Regional Service Centre located in Beijing, China. The Thales Repair-By-The-Hour programme provides guaranteed turnaround times, commitment on reliability with reduced operational risk at a predictive cost which aims at maximising value to the airline.