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Fokker Services signs Abacus component deal with SA Express

16th February 2010 - 22:26 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Fokker Services has signed an Abacus component repair service agreement with South African Express in support of the carrier’s seven Bombardier Q300s.

Under the two-year contract, plus option to extend for another three years, Fokker Services will provide repair and overhaul services for SA Express at fixed cost and within a guaranteed turn around time.

Abacus, the component availability programme of Fokker Services, offers guaranteed availability of serviceable components and customised component repair and overhaul services. Currently Fokker Services supports over 200 aircraft with 30 operators in various configurations of which five are Dash 8/Q Series operators with 34 aircraft.

SA Express operates an all Bombardier fleet of 12 CRJ200s, two CRJ700s, two Q400s and the seven Q300s covered by this agreement.

Ramon Vahed, general manager technical aircraft maintenance and engineering of SA Express, commented, ‘’We trust that this Abacus component agreement will result in lower inventory cost and improved service levels. We have been working with Fokker Services over the past year to develop this agreement and are convinced that it will add value to our operations. The experience of Fokker Services in supporting out of production aircraft is an asset for the industry.”

The photo shows Ramon Vahed (SA Express) and Erik Geertsema (Fokker Services) signing the agreement at the Air Africa 2010 conference, in Johannesburg,

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