Commercial Aspects of Aircraft Maintenance

Date	Reference	Course Fee
21 to 24 October 2008 23 to 26 June 2009 37 to 30 October 2009	PTMS160024 PTMS160025 PTMS160026	€ 2 000

Maintenance is a critical element in aircraft sales and operations, and it can affect subsequent relations between manufacturer and airline. You will learn to identify the drivers in maintenance cost evaluation and analyse arguments concerning maintenance matters in commercial discussions.

Topics covered

• Maintenance Planning Data (MPD)
• Maintenance Planning Data Support (MPDS)
• Technical publications
• The maintenance organisation of an airline:
   - perspectives from both the airline and the MRO
• Direct Operating Costs / Direct Maintenance Costs
• Engine maintenance overview:
  - line, shop and performance restoration
  - engine maintenance costs and prediction
  - engine ownership costs
  - service concept
• Maintenance in the buying decision
• Financial and operational points of view:
  - assessment of different costs linked to maintenance
• Maintenance in the relations between airline and manufacturer when buying aircraft:
   - choice of aircraft, economics, DMC predictions, guarantees
• Maintenance training:
   - overview, definitions and milestones
   - course level specification
   - costs
   - technical and economical benefits
• Initial Provisioning (Spares)
   - factors affecting reliability
   - sources and types of spares
   - packages offered
   - cost reductions
   - provisioning for maintenance checks
   - non-availability of spares and aircraft on ground
   - insurance items

Who should attend

Professionals from sales, after-sales or design office departments, working for airframe, engine or equipment manufacturers.

Airlines and airworthiness authorities.

Course Director

Darcy Olmos Mancilla,
Finance Consultant, AirBusiness Academy

Presenters

Philippe Beaulieu,
Head of Maintenance Training, Airbus

Fabrice Defrance,
Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance Director, Air France

Uwe Eggerling,
Senior Director of Maintenance Engineering and Services, Customer Services, Airbus

Robert Gaag,
Director of Sales Europe, Lufthansa Technik AG

Richard Keen,
Commercial Manager - Aftermarket, Rolls-Royce

Frank Repp,
Consultant

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