ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta TechOps,
the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business of Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL), and Rolls-Royce are teaming up, bringing
advanced jet engines from Rolls-Royce to a 100,000-square foot
expanded engine shop at Delta's Technical Operations Center in
Atlanta.
Rolls-Royce has named Delta TechOps an approved maintenance
center for Trent civil aircraft engines to better serve jet engine
customers throughout the life cycle of Rolls-Royce engines for the
upcoming generation of aircraft. Delta TechOps will add the Trent
XWB and Trent 7000 commercial jet engine types to its MRO
portfolio.
"Today's agreement ensures that thousands of Delta TechOps' jobs
are secure in the decades ahead," said Richard Anderson, Delta's Chief Executive
Officer. "Rolls-Royce jet engines will not only power Delta's
international fleet of the future, but now TechOps will be
available to support many other commercial operators in the
Americas and beyond."
Design work of the expanded engine maintenance facility at
Delta's Technical Operations Center in Atlanta will commence in 2016 with
construction expected to begin in 2018. The expansion will include
space for all aspects of engine overhaul work including a new test
cell, a massive concrete installation where stationary jet engines
are run at full thrust. Expanded refurbishment areas for blades and
vanes, rotors and dozens of other engine components are also
planned.
"We thank the City of Atlanta
and Mayor Kasim Reed for championing
Delta people and working with us to complete this important deal
with a world-class manufacturer like Rolls-Royce," Anderson said.
"Delta is proud to call Atlanta
home and remains committed to working with and investing in the
City of Atlanta, in academic
institutions like Georgia Tech and
injecting millions of payroll dollars in the local economy."
Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce,
President – Civil Large Engines, said, "We are excited to announce
Delta TechOps as a new independent Approved Maintenance Center as
we continue to develop a competitive and capable overhaul network.
We know that Delta TechOps will deliver outstanding performance on
their own engines and those of other customers."
Delta TechOps currently overhauls more than 600 jet engines
every year at its Atlanta and
Minneapolis/St. Paul facilities.
Technicians conduct highly technical, specialized work with
industry-leading turn times, ranging from a few days to more than
one month. Engine components are disassembled, overhauled,
fabricated, reassembled and evaluated by state-of-the-art
non-destructive testing that inspects components for imperfections
in addition to full-thrust runs in test cells.
Measuring more than 2.7 million square feet, the Atlanta
Technical Operations Center drives maintenance and operational
reliability for Delta's fleet of more than 800 aircraft and MRO
services for more than 150 operators worldwide, including airframe
and component maintenance, a variety of logistical and support
services, and engine work. It has served as a primary base for
Delta TechOps since the 1960s, adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport where Delta runs the world's largest
hub airport operation.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each
year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most
Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired
airline for the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has
ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for
four consecutive years, a first for any airline. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 318 destinations in 58 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs nearly 80,000 employees
worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800 aircraft.
The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance and
participates in the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint venture
with Air France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a joint venture with
Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta
offers customers more than 15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and
markets including Amsterdam,
Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los
Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita.
Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities,
global products and services, and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well as
delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta,
Facebook.com/delta and Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
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