Aviation News Item: 01255

11th May 2009

Source: fly-corporate.com

BizJet International, Lufthansa Technik's wholly owned US subsidiary, has received its first Airbus A318 Elite from Europe at Tulsa/Oklahoma in May.

This signals the start for the planned gradual take-over of Elite completions from Lufthansa Technik's completion site in Hamburg. The first aircraft is scheduled to be delivered back to Airbus in autumn with an FAA- and EASA-Supplemental Type Certificate. BizJet invested about 3 million US dollars (€2.2 m) in expanding its infrastructure - upgrading its facilities and purchasing new machines, for example - and in retraining its employees. The company currently has definite orders for 6 A318 Elite aircraft.

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